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How do you feel about having friends/ co- workers reading your blog?

Posted by blissraine • 9/26/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
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I am just wondering if it gets weird for anyone out there once their friends/ family/ co-wowrkers starts reading their blogs....

what do you guys think?

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9/26/09

nothingprofound

I'd love it. Some already do.

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1. 9/28/09
  
  blissraine
9/26/09

agapelife

@blissraine - Did I get a shock? Do you realize that your avatar is already in use?? I've had this for over a year!

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9/26/09

jazzy2103

I get nervous because my blog is like...a different me writting rather than anything else. I get nervous for people to discover this 'other' me So I limit the people who CAN see it

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9/27/09

BeamingBalance

At first it was weird because I was writing about some pretty personal stuff. (Especially in the beginning.) But now that my message is more developed and the feedback has been positive, I'm more comfortable.

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9/27/09

footiam

I think I'll be flattered.

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9/27/09

Hels

Not only do I ask the students to keep up to date with my own blog, I ask them to read all the relevant posts in:
Bosco Parrasio,
Sydney - City and Suburbs
The Textile Blog
Victorian History
An Edwardian State of Mind
English Buildings
Some landscapes
the Victorian era
Alberti's Window
Art Blog By Bob
the art critic
The Orientalist Gallery
Art Deco Buildings
EdwardianPromenade

....and any other super blogs I can slip into their weekly reading requirements. I have a much better chance of them reading posts from three relevant, tightly-written blogs than rampaging through the library, scanning bulky, generalist books.

[But not family, friends and co-workers, unless they specifically ask].

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9/27/09

mommyto2

When I first started blogging I didn't want people I really KNEW to know. As time went by, and I figured the whole thing out I let more and more in. I now have automatic feeds to twitter and FB (which is 95% people I KNOW). It's just frustrating that they read and comment on FB rather than the blog, lol.

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1. 9/27/09
  
  BeamingBalance
  
  I agree! I'll get 5 or 6 comments on my wall each time. Oh well, at least people are reading!
9/27/09

Agit8r

If only SOMEBODY would

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9/27/09

ploo123

I never intended friends to read it, but as time went by, they found out about it and read it, which is great!

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9/27/09

sjtavo

my siblings and their spouses already read my blog - i have not told my parents about it because of the sexual nature of some posts and just as i don't want to hear about my parents' sex life, nor do they want to hear about mine LOL they do know i'm writing though and leave it at that - they can deal with the book when it comes out =)

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9/27/09

MissSuzie

Being as my blog is about my life, they know it all already.

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9/27/09

shade2009

I hve started sharing mine with my co workers the problem is some them dont belief its my hand work......

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1. 9/27/09
  
  Hels
  
  naughty, naughty, have you not cited your sources, shade?
9/27/09

ramith1985

well 4 me it's ok cos i am just sharing information's and experience with everyone!!

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9/27/09

mariosa

dont care, I write for me, because I like it, not for them.

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9/27/09

xmarks

I was doing my blog for awhile and then I got laid off. I thought giving them a link to my blog would be a fun way to keep in contact with former co-workers. I don't think I wrote another post since (approaching a year ago). My blog is just more personal than I am with co-workers and more honest than I am with family.

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9/27/09

scenexg

I'd love my friends to read it. I'm not down with my co-workers all like that. My classmates however I'd be cool with. Even if I didn't know them.

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9/27/09

libdrone

(shrugs) lately I have given up even thinking about who reads my site. after 2 years and all these posts I've gotten so much positive feedback from so many sources, I honestly don't care who does or does not pop in to read me.

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9/28/09

amybyrd21

My hubby's friends do but that is not a big thing they tell him what I have posted most of the time. Someone had to tell him what a blog was.

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1. 9/28/09
  
  blissraine
  
  This is exactly how I feel. I think that I would post more personal stuff and be more honest on my blog if it anonymous.I'm cautious about letting people I know read becuase I fear that I will begin to censor myself too much.
9/28/09

lordiwanttobewhole

I was very hesistant about allowing my 'people' read my blog because its like being on stage. I find its easier to be on stage with a large crowd of anonymour people as opposed to 15 people I know.

I felt self conscious and 'naked', as in exposed. It was another side of me that I was revealing that I felt more comfortable with being 'anonymous'.

I'm slowly testing the waters...

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1. 9/28/09
  
  Hels
  
  lordi, true true... "self conscious and exposed". But think of all the other times a person is exposed: every time he/she cooks a dinner party, gives a lecture in front of students, writes a letter to the editor of the city's newspaper, goes on radio, goes on television, plays sport in front of a crowd etc.
  
  Assuming you write carefully and check everything before it goes to print, I would be confident about sharing the material with your people. If you find a mistake at a later time, apologise and fix it. It will be fine - after all, nobody lost their house; no child was taken into foster care.
2. 9/28/09
  
  JenniferWrites
  
  This is how I feel. It doesn't help that I'm incredibly shy in person, too.
9/28/09

lotusb

I LOVE IT. Lol... I love that I get calls and emails from my friends/family and they are commenting on something I wrote online.

I gave my email address to a new guy I met a few months ago and like the smarty he is, he googled me and found my blog...read it..loved it, etc. I thought that was totally adorable (which is why we're still dating).

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9/28/09

TJlubrano

Not a lot know that I'm blogging. But then again I just started.

The friends that know it now, are very positive about it.
But if more find out, I don't mind. The only comment I got so far, from the ones in Holland, is "Oh my, you write in English!"

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1. 9/28/09
  
  Hels
  
  TJlubrano, my hat is being raised in your honour *tip*. Speaking another language is one thing, but writing it for a bright reading public is another thing altogether. I am in awe.
2. 9/28/09
  
  TJlubrano
  
  That is really sweet of you ^_^! Thank you, I really appreciate it.
  
  You know, sometimes I can even express myself better in English than in Dutch. Even my sentences can be part Dutch & English hehe.
9/28/09

allendemetra

I've mixed emotions about it. My blog is a more thoughtful and conservative side of me. I don't know how they would respond.

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9/28/09

ThriftShopRomantic

I've learned I have at least two coworkers who read my blogs.

The most shocking part is when they see me in the hall and say something out-of-the-blue in reference to my latest post.

I love that they read it and get a laugh from it. We don't get to talk much at work, so it's a nice way of sharing.

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