Comments on: Are Personal Blogs too Personal?

By: How Personal Do Bloggers Need To Be? by Blogging Pro

How Personal Do Bloggers Need To Be? by Blogging Pro — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 17:53:28 +0000

[...] Reminding me of a post I did almost a month ago now, Blog Republic has posted an article called “How Personal Do Bloggers Need To Be?” where they bring up the subject and focus on the preference of blogging, between what Darren calls a “game face” and a more public, and emotional look into the writer. I have always been the type to share more of who I am to the public, even publishing details on my family dichotomy, which angered a few of my family members. I’ve noticed that some of the most popular blogs get into great detail about the author’s life. I mean, they pour over every possible personality quirk, as the author examines herself. I find I don’t want to blog like that. I’m not at all interested in delving into every possible detail of my emotions and psyche at every possible second. Instead, I think of blogging as more of a professional medium where you maintain a “game face”, rather than reveal all of yourself. [...]

By: freshblogger.com » Blog Archive » Blogging: Personal or Personality?

freshblogger.com » Blog Archive » Blogging: Personal or Personality? — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 19:27:31 +0000

[...] Leroy Brown at Blogging Blog has a post (that also refers to another post) asking this question about personal blogs. This is, however, a good question to ask about any blog or web page. [...]

By: Hank Osborne

Hank Osborne — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 03:21:53 +0000

I have struggled with this question. I started blogging with a very personal blog almost two years ago. My general rule of thumb is that I do not post anything that I would not say out loud in a public place to a friend. In other words, I do not blog about things that I would be concerned about someone overhearing in a public place.

By: April

April — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 04:03:20 +0000

Having a personal blog that is somewhat semi-personal has given me the advantage of making friends from a distance. I do not have the time to casually socialize because my job requires it already. Semi-personal blogging is a way for me to open up as much as I want. I think the real question of personal blogging has a lot to do with how much control does a blogger have when blogging?

Personally, I would like to see more activism done online as opposed to strictly news regurgitation and personal rants.

By: marie b.

marie b. — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 03:33:32 +0000

I use pseudonyms for family members and friends who don’t wish to be otherwise identified. I also don’t talk about the details of my personal relationship.

Otherwise, it’s all go: therapy, family issues, school, mental illness, etc.

By: J. Angelo Racoma

J. Angelo Racoma — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 02:48:39 +0000

If we were talking about kids, then it’s not only too personal, but also dangerous!

By: Blog of Leonid Mamchenkov » Are Personal Blogs too Personal?

Blog of Leonid Mamchenkov » Are Personal Blogs too Personal? — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 19:23:25 +0000

[...] Davig brings up an interesting discussion in his post Are Personal Blogs too Personal?. There are as many opinions on this as there are people in the blogosphere. And maybe even more, as some people change their opinions once in a while. Why does the whole world need to know he activities and tasks that I take on? [...]

By: jinkies.org

jinkies.org — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:52:27 +0000

too much information…

At Blogging Pro, David asks if personal blogs are too personal. I’m not sure if this one is. Actually, it’s probably fairly personal, but in a superficial kind of way. Does that make any sense? I blog about things I might bring up in ca…

By: anon

anon — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 12:40:14 +0000

That’s what my personal, anonymous blog is for. I keep my public one with my name professional and my personal one private. I use LJ for that, so I can really lock up posts that I don’t want getting out.

I get to let off all the steam, yak about things and so on. No names, no one’s offended.

It goes beyond friends and family being upset, anyway. A potential employer finds it, looks at it and goes, Euw. Or something. I simply don’t understand why some people hang out all their laundry under their name, but to each their own I suppose.