Be careful what you divulge

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Specializes in being a Credible Source.

I was chatting with a coworker who looked at me and said, "Are you on AllNurses.com?"

I replied, somewhat noncommittally, "Yeah, why do you ask?"

She said, "Are you ♪♫ in my ♥ ?"

I smiled and said, "Yep."

This is someone with whom I get on very well and with whom there's respect and camaraderie in both directions - and I don't think I've posted anything which I'd prefer not to be ascribed to me but it does drive home the point:

Be mindful of what you post... you may end up owning it and the internet is forever and ever.

I'm pretty sure that anybody who's read a lot of my posts and who works with me could ID me without too much trouble - and I'm mostly OK with that but in >4,000 posts over the last 6 years, I've probably said some things that I wouldn't necessarily say for attribution...

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Specializes in Critical Care, ED, Cath lab, CTPAC,Trauma.

I can't like this enough!!! It's important to remember that while AN is "anonymous" oit is public and it doesn't take much to KNOW who someone is....I am ALWAYS careful what I "let out" an when I do it is premeditated and well thought out.

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Haha! I can't agree with this enough! Ive been on here for 2 years and young naive me used my name! Luckily I can say I stand by nearly everything I've posted, but have recently had a moment where people is my class asked if this was me on allnurses!

Privacy is a privilege and I have given up that privilege!

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Specializes in OR, Nursing Professional Development.

And don't forget about all of those people using their real picture as an avatar! No one even needs to guess who they are.

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Specializes in Pediatric/Adolescent, Med-Surg.

So true! I have recognized a coworker on here, only because this coworker used his real photo as his avatar. Never told him I recognized him though

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Specializes in Hospice.

Big Brother is EVERYWHERE. It reminds me of what my mother used to say, "Don't ever say anything aloud that you don't want repeated." Nowadays I guess it would be, "Don't ever post anything you don't want shared with the world."

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Specializes in Oncology.

Yep, fairly sure I could be ID'd based on my posts. Definitely more careful now than I used to be.

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Same!! A younger me from years ago posted some facts that could maaaaybbbee pin me, but now I'm a lot more careful haha.

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Specializes in CDI Supervisor; Formerly NICU.
Haha! I can't agree with this enough! Ive been on here for 2 years and young naive me used my name! Luckily I can say I stand by nearly everything I've posted, but have recently had a moment where people is my class asked if this was me on allnurses!

Privacy is a privilege and I have given up that privilege!

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Specializes in pediatrics; PICU; NICU.

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Specializes in Oncology; medical specialty website.
And don't forget about all of those people using their real picture as an avatar! No one even needs to guess who they are.

A few years ago, I nicely suggested to someone that perhaps s/he shouldn't be using a personal photo for an avatar; got my head snapped off for it.

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