Okay, so you know when you learn something that makes *complete* sense...maybe it's something that would be completely inevitable even...but you had never really stopped to think about it?

Earlier this year I was at a furry event, taking pictures, as I do. One of the revelers came up to me and thanked me for taking photos, noting that he likes seeing my uploads on Twitter and the like. He then asked me two favors. 1: The picture I just took of him and a fursuiter, could I forward that to him as soon as possible? And 2: could I not post that picture on the internet, because he works at a school and the kids there watch my photostream and he doesn't want to be outed as a furry to them.

Honestly I was taken aback by that for a moment. Like...kids? Kids watch my photostream?

It's the sort of thing that again, makes perfect sense, seems inevitable even. I just never really stopped to think about it before. As I mentioned in a prior journal entry, I do curate my photostream to be PG. I do the same for my Twitter feed as well, trying to be very cognizant of things that I like and retweet. I just want to make sure that my feeds are safe and accessible to everyone. So, the idea that kids at a middle/high school might be viewing my photostreams is part of the reason I keep it PG. Yet, it had never felt like a real thing until that person mentioned it to me.