BY INIVITE ONLY
I haven't written in my blog for a while. A) because I have been extremely busy trying to maintain some form of a normal life; 2) Because every time I sit down and write about the million things that come to mind throughout the day, I forget them by the time the day ends; and Blue) Sometimes, I think even though I am publicizing my thoughts, maybe I don't want necessarily everyone to read them. Maybe, I just want an outlet. And maybe, I want some people to read them in order to obtain some interesting and insightful feedback but not necessarily in order to notify others of occurrences in my life.
So I have come to a point where I wonder if I should create an alter-online ego? And if I do decide to create that semi-private personality, should I feel guilty with letting some people in and keeping others out? Is it wrong to want to be discriminatory toward blog-viewers?
I find myself contemplating this decision quite frequently lately. Yes, I decided to write this on-line journal which obviously is viewable by pretty much ALL of my friends. And I suppose I could choose a method of release for my emotions and feelingsby just blotting down thoughts on a piece of paper and tucking it into a drawer somewhere hoping nobody will find it. But then again, isn't there some kind of purpose for why we write these publicly exposed thoughts and feelings? Hoping that someone who is reading this may have had the same thought at some point. Believing that maybe another can easily identify.
And then there are the repercussions. If you do decide to have the "alter-online blog ego", will some become offended that you have not invited them to share in your thoughts? Will they somehow feel that you do not feel close enough with them and still familiar enough with others? Do you value opinions of others more than theirs? Or, will they determine that a personality by which you know more about on-line, one which does not have so much complexity, one which is a bit more simplistic than the reality you confront everyday, can provide you with the purpose this blog was intended for in the first place? Your escape from everyday life.
So I have come to a point where I wonder if I should create an alter-online ego? And if I do decide to create that semi-private personality, should I feel guilty with letting some people in and keeping others out? Is it wrong to want to be discriminatory toward blog-viewers?
I find myself contemplating this decision quite frequently lately. Yes, I decided to write this on-line journal which obviously is viewable by pretty much ALL of my friends. And I suppose I could choose a method of release for my emotions and feelingsby just blotting down thoughts on a piece of paper and tucking it into a drawer somewhere hoping nobody will find it. But then again, isn't there some kind of purpose for why we write these publicly exposed thoughts and feelings? Hoping that someone who is reading this may have had the same thought at some point. Believing that maybe another can easily identify.
And then there are the repercussions. If you do decide to have the "alter-online blog ego", will some become offended that you have not invited them to share in your thoughts? Will they somehow feel that you do not feel close enough with them and still familiar enough with others? Do you value opinions of others more than theirs? Or, will they determine that a personality by which you know more about on-line, one which does not have so much complexity, one which is a bit more simplistic than the reality you confront everyday, can provide you with the purpose this blog was intended for in the first place? Your escape from everyday life.
posted by Nif | 8:42 PM
1 Comments:
Are you trying to tell us that you have split personalities or something. HAHA! My sister does not let people in MA know about her blog and as long as they do not find out they can not be mad or feel left out.
But on the other hand if you want to make everyone happy you can buy me shoes.. Oh sorry I mean you can blog away about fun stuff and get a diary for ot fun stuff and keep it well hidden from the peeps.
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