Private Posts
Nabobother ako.
I was about to vent on some issues affecting several parties. Then I found myself hesitating because some of those parties would take my vents personally, as attacks. And some of those people are my friends. And/or potential friends. Then I beat myself up with thoughts of,
"WTF, this is whhhyyyyyyy you started blogging in the first place!"
I've found that personal blogging is a paradox. By choosing the internet as my medium I'm granted some level of animosity. I can opt to never post pictures/videos of myself. I can use an alias. I can disguise dreams and ideals as real life--after all, you readers wouldn't know.
But by the nature of writing about myself, I've exposed my innards in a manner more grossly intimate than say, television. Designers have capitalized on this by inventing barriers like, "friends only" or "password-protected", but all that does is create a form of elitism among the readers. What's worse is that most of these barriers offer only single-level protection, which means I can't be selective on who gets to read my entries, whether its my "Best friend forevaaaahhhh!!!" or "Oh, that friend I made the other day... What was her name again?"
Multiply has offered multi-level protection for its bloggers (ex. friends, family, online buddies...) but that's only because the nature of the site is "social networking", NOT blogging per se. Meaning you will be forced to filter your entries because of the sheer amount and background of contacts, not because you're wary about your content. Note, contacts. Not readers. Also, note forced. I don't like being forced to do anything, especially when it has to do with writing.
Back to my issues. Am I allowed to blog them?
I was about to vent on some issues affecting several parties. Then I found myself hesitating because some of those parties would take my vents personally, as attacks. And some of those people are my friends. And/or potential friends. Then I beat myself up with thoughts of,
"WTF, this is whhhyyyyyyy you started blogging in the first place!"
I've found that personal blogging is a paradox. By choosing the internet as my medium I'm granted some level of animosity. I can opt to never post pictures/videos of myself. I can use an alias. I can disguise dreams and ideals as real life--after all, you readers wouldn't know.
But by the nature of writing about myself, I've exposed my innards in a manner more grossly intimate than say, television. Designers have capitalized on this by inventing barriers like, "friends only" or "password-protected", but all that does is create a form of elitism among the readers. What's worse is that most of these barriers offer only single-level protection, which means I can't be selective on who gets to read my entries, whether its my "Best friend forevaaaahhhh!!!" or "Oh, that friend I made the other day... What was her name again?"
Multiply has offered multi-level protection for its bloggers (ex. friends, family, online buddies...) but that's only because the nature of the site is "social networking", NOT blogging per se. Meaning you will be forced to filter your entries because of the sheer amount and background of contacts, not because you're wary about your content. Note, contacts. Not readers. Also, note forced. I don't like being forced to do anything, especially when it has to do with writing.
Back to my issues. Am I allowed to blog them?