(Looking back through my posts, the last unit 1 blog stuck
out to me the most. Reading through it I realized I don’t agree with much of
what it is saying anymore. For this reason I chose it to be revised. The
following is the revision which picks up response to the original post. I forward my
original thoughts but then counter them to follow a different line of thought.
And just a warning: I will be referring to myself in third person.)
Blogs
are a great new source for online writing, from both a personal and social view.
I’m new to blogging and so far I’ve found it a very exciting medium; it is cool
that you are able to create a space all your own, for your thoughts and ideas,
online. You also have complete creative freedom, you can post whatever you want
when you want. As Conrad states, “On my
blog I get to post whatever I want and I don’t have to worry about a billion
responses.” She focuses on the relative privacy of blogs when compared to
something like Facebook; they just don’t get as much traffic, especially an
everyday person’s blog. I also enjoy this feature of the current blogosphere;
it’s kind of a new field and unless you are well known you don’t need to worry
about who is reading your posts. In focusing entirely on this, however, I think
Conrad overlooks an important aspect of blogging. It’s in human nature to want
to connect and share with others; blogging feeds this. Online we can be
connected to millions in an instant and through blogging we can share our
thoughts on any number of subjects. What would the good of this be if we didn’t
care who read our work? It’s all about being part of the conversation right?
If I
continue to blog, I hope I can provide entertaining and informed discourse. And
if I happen to get any followers, not that I really expect to, I hope they will
at least find something interesting. You always need to keep your audience in
mind, that way you can speak to them directly when necessary and completely
ignore them when not.
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