I’ll admit, I was a little wary of beginning a blog. Naturally, I have a Facebook, multiple e-mail accounts, and several different kinds of software that I use nearly every day. I have a cell phone, a laptop, and an iPod. I’m not exactly infantile in my knowledge of technology.
However, having a blog is a different story. Having a successful blog takes a whole different turn from that, even. Obviously one wants their blog to be read, so he or she has to learn how to construct it in a way that attracts healthy attention.
Healthy being the keyword.
As for teens posting intimate blogs, I cannot say I condone the behavior--I do not think that it attracts the said healthy attention a blogger deserves. Perhaps it is because I have always been a private person, I appreciate keeping my personal life to myself and those close to me. Perhaps it is because I simply find displaying all of your problems online for millions to read is a juvenile way of saying, “Look at me! I love throwing a pity party for myself!”
That being said, I completely understand the need for expression. I also understand that expression is another way of showing the world who you are, or who you are not. For instance, I am a singer and a writer. Nothing soothes me more than screaming out some “Phantom of the Opera” while filling page after page of sometimes incomprehensible poetry. And yet this is not the me I have created on Facebook. On a screen, I can be witty, sarcastic, or even famous. Anyone can be perfect online. That is the point that makes teen blogging so appealing.
There are so many horror stories out there. Teen gets date raped by someone she met online. Teen gets murdered by online predator. But even beyond these, problems from posting everything online can result from employers, parents, and teachers.
I don’t know about all of them, but I think I’ll keep my private life in a spot where it’s most enjoyable: in private.
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You have some good points here, but with all due respect, I think you are thinking too narrowmindedly. It seems you have an opinion and you haven't really examined both sides of the issue. Sure some people throw a so-called "pity party" on facebook or myspace. Yes, blogging can cause alot of problems, if done without thought or care. I have a facebook and a myspace and I haven't been fired from my jobs or expelled from school. I post pictures but I don't give away private information that could lead to my abduction or murder! When things like that happen, the blogger is to blame, not the blog itself.
ReplyDeleteI can completely agree with your post. It seems like in our time our lives are becoming increasingly public. I used to find it stunning, and alarming the amount of websites that sell personal information, for marketing or other uses. It now seems that most people feel free to inform the world on nearly all the aspects of their lives, between Twitter, Myspace, Facebook, and even Blogger its really stunning the amount of personal information on the web. I found your final sentence really powerful; I believe there is a lot more to be learned from self reflection that twittering about private affairs.
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