Privacy is an illusion online. When you tell your friend, your pastor, or your parent a secret, there is a good possibility that your secret will stay between you and that person. There is no such certainty on MyPrivateThoughts.com. Nothing you post anywhere online, nothing you post on MyPrivateThoughts.com, is anonymous in any way. If somebody wants to connect the computer you posted with to the post you make, they can and they will. Every change requires risk; to grow you have to put yourself out there. When you do it online, however, you must choose your words, choose your post, with care.