All I’m hoping to find while I’m blogging is“[to discover] my own interests” (Blood)I would probably say just as Blood said “I thought I knew what I was interested in, but after linking stories for a few months I could see that I was much more interested in…” something else. Also, I am hoping that my readers leave comments and see what they think about it. Maybe it can help me to grow as better person with the new quality that my commentator passed me. I’m a blogger who searches from everything from the simple things to what to wear to seeking advice in order to help me choose better decisions in my personal life with my boyfriend, family, church, etc. I just want to know what’s out there and see if that fits me spiritually. But most of the time I enjoy finding those answers outside of the internet because it does not feel the same as when I seek advice from those I love because I expect their answers to be accurate. It is probably because they’re sympathizing with me right after I tell them what my problem is. I see their face expressions, I see their eyes, and it is something that blogging cannot offer me at this time. “Let me propose a radical notion: The weblog's greatest strength — its uncensored, unmediated, uncontrolled voice — is also its greatest weakness.” How do I know if the blogger who’s advising to do this, when he/she does not even do it? If bloggers want to help others when they do not even help themselves, I call them weak. Therefore, I agree with what Blood says in that bloggers give powerful information, but it can also be weak in the sense that they are hypocritical.
This also goes with what Winer says about “stories that are passed from department to department in a professional organization can morph into something that bears no resemblance to the facts, or to the original author's point of view.” It is hard to be a public person who wishes to advice others and does not practice it.
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i agree with what you are saying about the web blogger saying one thing and then doing the opposite. all to often there people who give great advice but do not live by their own words.
ReplyDeleteWhat I've noticed about advice over the net is that it's completely anonymous. This can be good and bad - sometimes a person close to you will only want to tell you what you want to hear. On the other hand, most advice that makes its way into search engines is something that a lot of people are able to see and react to by agreeing or disagreeing. In that way, a lot of the bad stuff is just filtered out. I wonder when all that advice will get compiled into one large wiki. Usually good advice is universally agreed on. All that's left then will be the personalities.
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