Do you know why blogs are such objects of contention? Mainly because some people use them for making their thoughts known to the world. And these thoughts are taken at face value and used to represent what the blog owner thinks. While this IS true, to an extent slightly greater than but not equal to judging a book by its cover, I have to say that it doesn't give the full picture, because sometimes it's that hard to put to words what you've been chewing on for the whole day. Unless it's cereal. Or celery. How I could go on about celery.
But I guess it's a two-way street. You only read what I want you to read. And blogs can be such powerful tools. It's like this: I don't have to tell you what I think, especially when I don't want to. I just have to write about it on my blog - what I'm unhappy about, what I believe should be done, and hope you come across it eventually. And if there's no explicit mention of who or what I'm talking about, you have no grounds to say you're badmouthing, defaming me or what have you. Or worse, even if you don't come across it, what I say has the potential to sway people who don't know you personally. What they come across first is MY opinion, and until they have something to contradict it, that's what they're going to be thinking about.
It's also funny, to me, how you can write something to try to elicit a response, but get none, and yet write a totally innocent entry on something you don't deem important and yet receive reams and reams of backlash or interest. What I've learnt thus far is that my personal life is of more interest to my audience than what I think, but I don't really want my personal life on display. Perhaps it's really because of the whole voyeurism paradigm that causes this phenomena?
And another thing, misunderstandings. I could write something completely tongue-in-cheek that someone misintepretes as being serious. Then I'm shallow, thoughtless, tactless, flighty, whatever precisely because the reader thinks I genuinely believe and support what I'm saying!
Why put so much faith in the written word?
I don't know. I just don't know what this blog is for anymore. It's certainly not for ME.
Hey, I don't even know what I'm complaining about to begin with now.
:: nimezs @ 12:17 am [+] ::
