Wednesday, September 22, 2004
A thought on blogging...
I was talking to a friend (Hello Kat!) a while back about Blogging/Livejournals and she made an interesting point.
She was saying how strange it was that people go online and essentially, spill their guts out to an unknown audience.
I mentioned that it seemed pretty much the same as writing in a pen-and-paper journal to me.
That's when she said the interesting bit...
A pen-and-paper journal is private, so in that space you're free to voice whatever thoughts you want, and the identity you create by talking to yourself in that way is entirely your own, because you're writing is free from outside pressures. (she said)
On the internet though, these livejournals--which are supposed to serve the same purpose--are public. That means that if so-and-so (who you have a crush on) reads your live journal, then you can't post about so-and-so. (she continued)
The end result is that the identity you're creating and expressing is in some ways fictional, and the act of journalling loses its emotional significance. (she concluded)
Neat huh? That Kat's a smart girl.
I should probably censor myself more on here, but then what's the point?
-Trevor
P.S. I totally think so-and-so is cute!
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She was saying how strange it was that people go online and essentially, spill their guts out to an unknown audience.
I mentioned that it seemed pretty much the same as writing in a pen-and-paper journal to me.
That's when she said the interesting bit...
A pen-and-paper journal is private, so in that space you're free to voice whatever thoughts you want, and the identity you create by talking to yourself in that way is entirely your own, because you're writing is free from outside pressures. (she said)
On the internet though, these livejournals--which are supposed to serve the same purpose--are public. That means that if so-and-so (who you have a crush on) reads your live journal, then you can't post about so-and-so. (she continued)
The end result is that the identity you're creating and expressing is in some ways fictional, and the act of journalling loses its emotional significance. (she concluded)
Neat huh? That Kat's a smart girl.
I should probably censor myself more on here, but then what's the point?
-Trevor
P.S. I totally think so-and-so is cute!
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