I think I definitely benefitted from doing blog posts on my reading this year. Mostly because I actually thought a lot about my reading. Doing blog posts made me look deeper into every book I posted about, and discover things I never would have otherwise.
Writing online is a bit different from writing in a notebook. When I write in a notebook, most of the time only I am seeing what I write, or maybe a few other people. When I write online, I think more about what I am writing and how other people will perceive what I am writing. Even when writing an essay or some type of project, I know who is going to be seeing it. But when writing online, anyone can see what I am writing.
Even though I might write slightly differently online, and make sure whatever I write is okay and acceptable, I wouldn't say it feels liberating or limiting. Rarely while posting about my books this year have I come across any topics or issues that I would not want to share my opinions completely. The only way it might limit me would be that I would feel uncomfortable writing about very personal things online; but I’ve never had or wanted to write about personal things online.
I think people can be both more real, and project the best of themselves when writing things online. When writing our blog posts I do not feel like I am doing either, although my writing might be slightly better because I am proof reading it before publishing. I'm not really writing about anything that I think would show who I am. When writing otherwise online, I think it can go either way. If a person believes that no one they know or care about will see their online writing, they might put exactly what they honestly think; or they might use that as an opportunity to recreate a new online identity, that could be what they see as a better version of themselves. If someone is writing online and they are conscious of the fact that what they write is accessible for anyone to view, they might actually limit themselves and what they write by not sharing their complete views and ideas. I think for many people, writing online does not feel as real as literally writing or saying something to someone. This leads to people putting whatever they want online, which can have bad consequences.
My answer to the previous question actually led me to begin to answer this question, but again, I think teenagers do abuse the freedom to say what they want online. It just feels different to write something online than it does to say something right to a person's face, resulting in mainly teenagers saying very harmful things online that they would never actually say. In my opinion, it is actually worse to say something bad online than in person. Online anyone can see what you write, and it is there forever. You cannot erase or take back what you say online. I think that it is bad that teenagers abuse the ability to say whatever they want online. Yes, it is someone’s fault if they say something bad, but it causes people to say things they would never say in person and might not actually mean.
I do not think I am going to continue this blog. Although it would help me to continue to look deeper into the books I read, I will not continue it. I might create a tumblr or something, but I doubt I will create a real blog. I think if I tried to create a blog, I would probably really work on it for a while, and it would be good, and I would enjoy, but eventually I would forget about it. I doubt my blogging experience would last too long. In general, I think blogs are great and I love looking at other peoples blogs.
Great final post. most of my points were very similar to yours.
ReplyDeleteAnd yeah you should make a tumblr. It's more exciting. I think we will have too much work in hs to do other unneccessary work.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Elsa. This post, although not about a book, is very meaningful. And like Elsa, I agree with all of the points that you have made. Good job.
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