Blogging isn't a huge thing here in England, it's a pretty new concept that is slowly but surely catching on. Before joeuser, I'd not really came across the whole blogging experience. I'd seen these online diary things, and If I'm honest I didn't see the point in them. Ok it was somewhere to write down your thoughts, private thoughts, but why on the internet where billions of people have the ability to read them? Well really it is embracing the greatness of the internet, that you still remain faceless while sharing your inner most thoughts. You can cry openly on a page, tell your fears and worries, and the chance that one person may just read that, and give you some kind words is a great one. Now blogs are different to online diaries. I know. Though they can be used as diaries. People can talk about their day, and they life, they can discuss what they are thinking, what is bothering them, and they can share it with people. Strangers, who become friends, though remain strangers. Strange, I know, hehe!
I was listening to the radio this morning, and one of the presenters was discussing his American boyfriend, who had an online diary. He was upset that first of all his boyfriend wouldn't tell him where to find this online diary, and secondly that all these people had the chance to read his thoughts, but him, his boyfriend was left out in the cold. He was hurt, that he couldn't see this. I can understand what he means. We aren't supposed to have secrets from those we love, in a perfect world at least. We don't live in a perfect world though, we protect our feelings, we don't always share our fears, and thoughts, and feelings. We keep some of them inside. Some of them we even feel silly for. This radio presenter, had never heard of online diaries, or blogs, and was really surprised to see how popular they were. They had a phone in on how he could find his boyfriends diary. That is when the debate started on whether he wasn't respecting his boyfriends privacy. His argument was that this diary was public access, so therefore if he found it, it was fair game. Other people phoned in and said that his boyfriend had not told him where it was for a reason, and it was still a diary, so his privacy should be respected.
I don't write about things that are to personal on here. I did at the start, but it's only on the odd occasion I do that now. My sister knows I write this blog, and I told her I didn't want her to read it. I told her it was like a diary, and she shouldn't go away and look for it, but she did. She didn't like what she read either, but she learnt from that. Anything I write in here, I am more than willing to say to people I know in the real world. I'd prefer not to though, because these are my private thoughts, but they are for public viewing. I know that, and just as I don't have a problem with her looking it up, and finding it, she doesn't have a problem with reading things she didn't like, because I warned her she might not. If I write something awful about someone I know here, and they read it, I have to live with the consequences. So I can either choose to not have it be personal at all, or take that risk. Unfortunately, the only way I can write is to be totally open honest about my thoughts and feelings, if people don't like that, then it's tough. I will remain true to myself, and my honesty will see me through the good and bad. My opinions will remain open and honest, and I will remain open about my personal life, if people don't like it, it's simple, don't read it. Privacy should be respected for a reason.