Maybe here on the SDMB, maybe on Facebook, maybe on another site - have you ever posted something that was out there for all to see, for a long time (or still is), that you wish you had never posted/uploaded? Perhaps it seemed like a good idea at the time, but now you wish you had counted to ten before doing so.
Maybe a photo? Or some commentary? Or a personal story about you or someone you know? You don’t have to be specific about what it is/was, but as a cautionary tale, what have you put out there on the internet that you regret doing?
I used to be very religious and would post things based on my religious beliefs. Beliefs that even at the time I knew, deep down, defied common sense. I’ve changed since then so to answer the OP’s question, yes.
When I’m going through a bad patch mental-health-wise, I have found myself writing angry OP’s with lots of “*^&$”-type cursing and multiple exclamation marks. Time to change my medication when I get to that point.
I said some pretty shitty things to **Zenster **when that whole fiasco blew up. I regret it, mostly, because he had done some solid favors for me out in the real world – but then again, there were some bones of contention between he and I in the real world too.
That shit should have stayed in the real world instead of being thrown on top of a pile-on here.
Oh, not to mention that pre-Live Journal, I posted a long emotional whine after the ex kicked me to the curb. It was cathartic to write it, but plastering it here for the whole world to see was embarrassing after the fact. I’m sure you can still find it out there somewhere if you feel like ridiculing me over it.
I regret a post I made on here a couple of years ago about compulsions. I think I said something about a compulsion to injure my dog. Though I’d never, ever go through with it, the thought would cross my mind once in a while, which I found odd. I got pretty piled up on for that one and really regret posting it at all.
Not here but I have at another place. Even to the point of not remembering it and wondering what a-hole posted that and it was me! And yes, it involved the wee hours of a weekend and alcohol. The shame!
My life is an open book on these boards. I don’t care anymore about posting personal things these days, because I have so much in the past. The one thing I wont do is put up a picture of myself, but so many people outside of these boards know my tag, “MyFootsZZZ”, that anyone who wanted to dig up dirt on me could.
I don’t regret posting anything that might upset other people on these boards because I can learn from the criticism I get. I often try not to though.
A few years ago I was voyeuristically perusing the thread containing “naughty” member photos right here on the SDMB while simultaneously posting on another message board.
I suffered an unfortunate lapse of attention. Instead of posting a link to a photo of a vintage streetcar, I sent viewers to a young lady wearing a smile and a little bit of underwear.
