Do you ever worry about posting your opinions on the internet?

[Shaka_Khan]

The more you post, the bigger the chances are that more people will see your account. With easy access to ip tracing websites and google earth, I think we're exposing our privacy away. And with the constant threat of terrorism, I'm sure government agencies are looking all over the internet to find forumers that could be potentially dangerous in their opinion. And it's not just government agencies. I start to watch out for what I post lest I attract people I don't want to attract.

[LittleGrizzly]

I always figured im not exciting enough for anyone to bother tracing... not extreme enough for any goverment interest... too old now for any paedophile interest... probably not annoying enough for some crazed conservative member to hunt down.... so no not really, if my opinions were very extreme (terrorism supporting) i might...

[Fragony]

If I lived in England or Scandinavia I would probably be more cautious, but in the neds, nah.

[CountArach]

Nah - I've always been willing to have my beliefs out there. The biggest problem is that I sometimes have considered a career in politics, which could potentially be bad if my opponets have access to google

[BigTex]

Yes sometimes I worry, in 20 year's time when the Orgah has grown to become the worlds source for news and opinions. My highly cynical and slghtly cruel views could severely hamper my run for the Presidency of the United States of Mexico. But until then it.

[GeneralHankerchief]

probably not annoying enough for some crazed conservative member to hunt down

Freudian slip?

As per the OP, I'm very careful about what I divulge about myself on the internet, both here and on Facebook. I'm a naturally private person IRL anyway, not sharing much about myself unless I know I can trust you. This doubly extends to the internet.

Not that I'm worried since I don't do anything that could be considered harmful to future prospects, but I'm just careful out of habit.

[Sigurd]

The more you post, the bigger the chances are that more people will see your account. With easy access to ip tracing websites and google earth, I think we're exposing our privacy away.

Not to worried ...
I normally use my work PC when on these boards. I am either in my company's network or via someone else's (VPN).

I have a developer role in StatoilHydro's enterprise systems. If I am a terrorist, they would already be in serious trouble.
I have frequent phone calls from Iran to my cell, during work hours and outside work hours and even during weekends (something to do with Iran working on Sundays) and I could for all i know be monitored.
I am not too worried, because I don't have a guilty conscience. I am clean. I have not exposed national or business secrets on the net and I am not involved in any illegal activities.

[KukriKhan]

I worry a little about you younger guys who write about your drug usage and other personal information. Twenty years from now, when you're looking toward that big promotion to VP in charge of Widgets, such words, archived for decades by Google and Yahoo Spiders, might require explanation, or take you out of the running altogether.

[Husar]

Not too much, I blabber about myself just as much when I meet someone nice in a shop or so, not usually but if we're talking anyway I will lay out half my life in front of them. I don't know why but what's bad about that? If someone doesn't like my views or so they won't like them anyway, whether I tell them or not, the difference is just whether I am honest or not. And I am, the governments of this world are most likely not interested in my opinion anyway though sometimes I wish they would actually read it and think about it.

[Sigurd]

What you should worry about though, is what you make public on facebook.

I am a Landlord and have an apartment that people can lease. I have a few bylaws that I want people to follow and one of them is no smoking inside. I am not discriminating against smokers, but I don't let out to untrustworthy people.
I usually check out the people interested in the apartment and if they tell me they never party and are non-smokers and I find their public facebook profile full of pictures of parties and the person with a cigarette in the mouth, I am inclined to think that I have been lied to.

Heh.. the other day I had a guy wanting the apartment. He said he played a little guitar. Checking his facebook profile I discovered that he was in a rock band.
Needles to say ...

Also... be careful using your full name on the Internet.
A soon to be mother went from first on my list to second based on something she wrote on a blog a few years back using her full name.
People making decisions might have candidates that are equal and base their choice on gut feelings and impressions. It could be a minor thing that shifts the choice in favour of the other guy.

[Lemur]

Do I worry? How may I put this ...

Black is white! Night is day! Mickey Mouse makes me sexually aroused! I vote for Nader in every election, whether he's running or not! Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is a communist stooge! Celine Dion is the greatest artist of our generation! When I watch "2 girls 1 cup" I get sleepy!

If I can think of any other offensive opinions to give, I'll come back and voice them.

[CountArach]

What you should worry about though, is what you make public on facebook.

Yeah I've made just about everything completely invisible to people I have not added as friends.

[Fragony]

Heh.. the other day I had a guy wanting the apartment. He said he played a little guitar. Checking his facebook profile I discovered that he was in a rock band.
Needles to say ...

So he plays in a band which means he is a creative and playful fellow

[Alexanderofmacedon]

I worry only about government. I'll still post a majority of my views anyway.