October 26, 2006
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What is the purpose of a blog?
On-line journaling was to be a way to make new friends, share opinions of culture, politics, and things of personal interest with others who share those interests. In theory, one makes friends and establishes networks through a blog.
Why do people put personal or private information on a blog? If you want to keep a journal secret, write a diary entry into a word-processing program and save it to a password-encrypted disk. Putting secrets on the Internet is stupid.
I used to like xanga. I found it far superior to the waste of bandwidth that is myspace, even though I have a myspace account. I don't like the clunkiness of myspace. I try to access my account and I am told there is a problem and it is reported to the tech people. Big deal. I want access to my account when I need it, not on the whim of a useless computer on their end. Now xanga is continuing to be more and more like myspace. Why downgrade xanga?
If xanga would enforce its own policies, there would not be a need for the idiotic things they are adding to cluck it down.
One day I will leave cyberspace. That day won't come soon enough. It will be the cookie crunchers and other hassles that will make the Internet a true wasteland like television has become. When that day comes, we just might have to learn to talk to each other face to face again, the way it was always meant to be.
Comments (7)
i agree, things are getting so complicated and techy that when it all crashes and goes wrong we wont be able to cope with face to face anymore!
Sorry I haven't been able to be on here much, and I only have a quick second right now to comment, but I wanted to say EXCELLENT post! I feel so out of place this day in time myself with how things are in this century. I'm like an anachronism.
yeah. it's all gone downhill...
Talking face-to-face? What an interesting concept!
Crabflakes for breakfast?? Sometimes people need to vent, and many times people cannot vent in their work, home or with friends......I hope you feel better soon...'Til The Next
I use some of their privacy festures, not because I want to keep the world out, only a couple of trouble makers. I've changed my username twice, and yet they persist. It gets old.
I have never used myspace...it seems more like a dating site than a serious writing community.
I only type what I share with my friends, but there's always the chance someone can find a back door. I protect most of my posts due to my psycho ex. Anymore, though my private thoughts go on paper and are set on fire.
Faith
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