Anonymity
Is that enough said?
If we didn't want anyone to read what we were writing, we would do it in a private closed journal. If we didn't want anyone to see what we were thinking, we would keep our comments to ourselves. How is it we give out free reign to people who wish to read and comment on our thoughts, but are stopped by the very idea of knowing any of these people in "the real world". Censorship would certainly play a major role in my blog if my neighborhood acquaintances' knew this address. How do I know they do not. They could have stumbled upon my blog the way I've stumbled upon others. Should I "hide" the blogs I have written about others? Just some thoughts that I came out of a party with...
If we didn't want anyone to read what we were writing, we would do it in a private closed journal. If we didn't want anyone to see what we were thinking, we would keep our comments to ourselves. How is it we give out free reign to people who wish to read and comment on our thoughts, but are stopped by the very idea of knowing any of these people in "the real world". Censorship would certainly play a major role in my blog if my neighborhood acquaintances' knew this address. How do I know they do not. They could have stumbled upon my blog the way I've stumbled upon others. Should I "hide" the blogs I have written about others? Just some thoughts that I came out of a party with...
posted by 2R at 3:04 PM
6 Comments:
we write stuff because of many different reasons. the idea of staying behing the screen, allows us to believe that we can write what ever we want and no one can know it's us. We write things that we would not tell people face to face, or we write things that we want others to comment either personal or opinion.
well said...but you can still get to your old blogs when you click on the post comment button...besides, i dont think anything already written is worth hiding, its been read by whatever is out there...
i think people generally have an inflated sense of worth or relevance to the stuff they say or write. nobody cares.
Menachem...that's so sad and pathetic sounding...cheer up!
menachem,
why write if you don't think people care what you write? and in that case why do allow comments?
because i have an inflated sense of worth. didn't you read what i wrote?
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