tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7902992.post7817006864169086286..comments2023-10-14T16:42:53.597+01:00Comments on New Kid on the Blog: Deja Vu?Alastairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00117533964126439556noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7902992.post-35884272430786251262009-01-30T19:16:00.000+00:002009-01-30T19:16:00.000+00:00I feel very strongly about retaining past blog ent...I feel very strongly about retaining past blog entries.<BR/><BR/>Only once have I sifted and "purged" my blog... when I came over from MSN Spaces to Blogger. Even then, I still left all the articles intact on the original page... which is still out there.<BR/><BR/>I fundamentally believe it is important to retain the different steps along our journey (even the silly or hurtful ones), simply because those who follow after us and stumble upon our musings(however random), may be touched or inspired. The funny, random and meaningless things... may snag the attention of someone just passing through, and lead them into a deeper place; the heavy, hard entries display our honesty and encourage people who have been in the same situations... that they may know that someone has suffered in a similar way to them, and yet been granted the grace/strength to come through their hardships - a message of hope.<BR/><BR/>So I never delete old stuff, I don't even moderate my comments unless they are spam or taking on the form of personal attacks.<BR/><BR/>Anyway those are my thoughts on blog retrospection.<BR/><BR/>Here's something I wrote in May 2007 about "online footprints".Nick Paynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05330676077919368541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7902992.post-88847227420624430622009-01-30T17:38:00.000+00:002009-01-30T17:38:00.000+00:00I love going back through my blog. Sometimes what...I love going back through my blog. Sometimes what I find amazes me (I wrote that!? Wow!); sometimes it embarrasses me (Why on earth did I share <I>that</I>!) but it almost always makes me laugh.<BR/><BR/>And repeating things every other year or so doesn't hut. If you don't remember having done it, most of your audience won't, either!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com