Comments on: The purpose of blogging http://www.joanslow.com/posts/2006/the-purpose-of-blogging/ Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:41:57 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: K-li http://www.joanslow.com/posts/2006/the-purpose-of-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-197 K-li Wed, 11 Jan 2006 19:22:10 +0000 http://www.joanslow.com/?p=75#comment-197 I agree with what the guys just said; people can write what they want on their blogs, and yours is a way for you to communicate with your friends and to keep them up-to-date with how you are doing and feeling, which is a god thing and certianly not attention seeking! The fact is your blog is a personal one, so you shouldn't worry about what the 'general' public think, only your friends, and we like to know how you are doing! And none of us see you as an attention seeker! I agree with what the guys just said; people can write what they want on their blogs, and yours is a way for you to communicate with your friends and to keep them up-to-date with how you are doing and feeling, which is a god thing and certianly not attention seeking!

The fact is your blog is a personal one, so you shouldn’t worry about what the ‘general’ public think, only your friends, and we like to know how you are doing! And none of us see you as an attention seeker!

]]> By: Ben http://www.joanslow.com/posts/2006/the-purpose-of-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-196 Ben Wed, 11 Jan 2006 00:32:28 +0000 http://www.joanslow.com/?p=75#comment-196 I wouldn't be at all worried about sounding like an ‘attention seeker’ for writing about how you feel. I know the opinions of strangers can seem strangely important when writing things on the internet, but most of the people who come by and choose to read posts on depression won't. Sure, there are people who'd only post personal information for attention or sympathy or somesuch, but you're not one of them and I think you can be confident in that. This is your blog, it has personality, truth and integrity. It's not LiveJournal as Fatty says, nor is it (worse) MySpace. I think you can post anything you like knowing that the image of this site won't encourage anyone to think "attention seeker" or anything similar. I wouldn’t be at all worried about sounding like an ‘attention seeker’ for writing about how you feel. I know the opinions of strangers can seem strangely important when writing things on the internet, but most of the people who come by and choose to read posts on depression won’t.

Sure, there are people who’d only post personal information for attention or sympathy or somesuch, but you’re not one of them and I think you can be confident in that.

This is your blog, it has personality, truth and integrity. It’s not LiveJournal as Fatty says, nor is it (worse) MySpace. I think you can post anything you like knowing that the image of this site won’t encourage anyone to think “attention seeker” or anything similar.

]]> By: FatBusinessman http://www.joanslow.com/posts/2006/the-purpose-of-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-195 FatBusinessman Tue, 10 Jan 2006 17:58:04 +0000 http://www.joanslow.com/?p=75#comment-195 I think the only real rule for blogs is “write about what's interesting”. Whether this means you should write about what you find interesting or what others will find interesting isn't really clear: I suspect it's a bit of both. I'm pretty certain that in your case writing about your feelings and personal life wouldn't count as attention seeking, principally because the posts you make tend actually to have a <em>point</em>: they tend to be asking a fairly specific question or detailing a particular event (such as a drug change). “LiveJournal syndrome” posts, from what I've seen, tend to be along the lines of “I got given too much homework, my life is so awful; I've written a poem; I bought some crisps today”. Probably also worth bearing in mind that (at a rough guess) the majority of those who read your blog are you friends, and so content about how you're doing is going to be of significant interest to them… I think the only real rule for blogs is “write about what’s interesting”. Whether this means you should write about what you find interesting or what others will find interesting isn’t really clear: I suspect it’s a bit of both.

I’m pretty certain that in your case writing about your feelings and personal life wouldn’t count as attention seeking, principally because the posts you make tend actually to have a point: they tend to be asking a fairly specific question or detailing a particular event (such as a drug change). “LiveJournal syndrome” posts, from what I’ve seen, tend to be along the lines of “I got given too much homework, my life is so awful; I’ve written a poem; I bought some crisps today”.

Probably also worth bearing in mind that (at a rough guess) the majority of those who read your blog are you friends, and so content about how you’re doing is going to be of significant interest to them…

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