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Back up a second!
Posted: August 14, 2010 (06:29) under Security, Technology

But it really IS greener!

Have you ever sent an email or posted something to someone else’s Facebook wall or to the comments section of their blog and then thought, damn, I shouldn’t have said that! Of course you have: we all have. If you haven’t posted something you later regret saying, you haven’t posted enough!

The question is, what do you do then?

You get over it. In some cases you can “withdraw” an email, but the sad fact of the matter is that this fails more often than it works, particularly in an instant-alert culture where people open their emails on receipt. You can email the blogger and humbly beg them to take your comment down, but if it happens to be a swipe at said blogger, you’re probably only going to make the situation worse. And you can delete your Facebook account, but if you posted something to someone’s wall, you have to delete it before you delete your account, otherwise you are well and truly hooped.

The moral of the story, boys and girls? While we are all about backing up your own material, we advise taking a deep breath before posting something to a region of the web you yourself do not control. As comfortable as you may be in the blogosphere and the Facebookosphere, it’s pretty much always a mistake to drink and comment.

And speaking of which, when you’re tempted to drink and dial, it’s probably best to avoid those with Google Voicemail, otherwise you could find your slurry imprecations forwarded all over the internet as mp3′s. Get yourself one of these drunk dial blockers and never wake up wondering what you have to regret again!