With the internet we now have the opportunity to air our concerns and emotions on forums, many of these forums are public so we all need to be careful not to share too much personal details that would reveal our identity , so we all tweak the facts , different names, dates and locations, that kind of thing. But, the emotional essence and important facts supporting the emotions are accurate to provide context for the readers.

Recently, I was on a public forum and shared details of a long running emotional struggle as I value insights and suggestions from others. One participant reading my posts discovered some inconsistencies in my many updates and replies, issues with date sequencing mostly. This led this participant to accuse me of being a lier, writing this in very strong terms.

My question now is when is the truth a lie,  how far do you have to go in protecting you identity on a public forum before your truth becomes a lie. What’s are acceptable identity protecting tactics and at what stage do these tactics distort the truth to the extent that your truth becomes a lie ?