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Re: Are you being someone else on your blog?

Kalong — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:39:08 -0000

I totally remember Xanga! We were all so obsessed! I just started my own blog too and it's fairly personal so far, I believe. All I really blog about is myself, but should I be focusing more on the things I like, similar to your blog? Because I feel as if I am bringing back Xanga, but in a cooler blog format. Thought?

Re: Are you being someone else on your blog?

floor9 — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:50:08 -0000

I think the blogging world has come a long way since the hayday of Xanga and LiveJournal (which, for me, was circa late 90s). I think you hit the nail on the head for a lot of people, because an unfiltered view of our inner-most thoughts -- archived for all eternity -- isn't necessarily complimentary to the notion of, say, convincing an employer that you're worth hiring. I use an alt for any sort of ranting or not-necessarily-mainstream opinions, and I go to great lengths to keep it completely isolated from my floor9 and blogHarrisburg personas.

Re: Are you being someone else on your blog?

shawnfarner — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:00:09 -0000

I feel like I come pretty close on Twitter as well. Twitter seems to be that kind of place, though - I see a lot of blogging personalities acting more themselves on Twitter than anywhere else.

Re: Are you being someone else on your blog?

shawnfarner — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:57:15 -0000

I used to be that way. My Xanga blog really read as a no bull look into my brain. Unfortunately, that isn't the kind of thing I want my blogging peers, those I admire and potential employers reading. Maybe I'll start a new one? I don't know.

Re: Are you being someone else on your blog?

Elizabeth Potts Weinstein — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:56:52 -0000

I am more myself on twitter than probably anywhere else in real life. My blogs & radio show are a close second & third, except they are more of a "personality" version of Elizabeth Potts Weinstein. Facebook is a combo.

As a natural introvert (who hides in the closet at parties & networking events), it's so much easier for me to be "myself" online where no one can see me. Except for the thousands of people who listen to my radio show, read my blogs, read my twitter feeds, etc. (for some reason that does not bother me ...).

What I say on Twitter is what I would say IRL after 2 glasses of wine. But without the wine. Most of the time.

~ Elizabeth

Re: Are you being someone else on your blog?

honeydo — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:29:54 -0000

I am more me in my blogs than I am in my real life.