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"Dooced" for blogging

ABC News reports on the terminations of various employees for blogging about their jobs.

Heather Armstrong worked as a Web designer for a Los Angeles software company. In February 2001, she started a blog — a Web log or online journal.

"It's sort of my hobby," she said. "Other people like to play instruments; I like to write online."

No names were used in her blog — not hers, her co-workers', nor her company's. But she was terminated after company executives were tipped off and read her posts, which included unflattering descriptions of many of them.

"What I was doing was completely benign," Armstrong said. "I never mentioned any trade secrets. I never mentioned the company."

Her Web site is located at dooce.com. Since her termination, some bloggers have taken to calling the act of being fired because of one's Web site being "dooced."

Blogging Can Get You in Trouble at Work (by Jake Tapper & Audrey Taylor)

(Thanks to Len Bierman for the tip.)

For earlier posts on this issue see here and here.