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Real Life Readers
I recently had a discussion with a friend who was starting a blog about Real Life Friends and how they don't read my blog. I told her that while many of my friends know about my blog, they admittedly don't read it. They themselves are not bloggers and they just don't quite get the whole concept of blogging or why I would consider people I have never meet to be my "friends."
Does it hurt my feelings? Sometimes.
Do I understand? Not always.
Is this just me? How do you handle it when your RLF's don't "get" your blogging?
Does it hurt my feelings? Sometimes.
Do I understand? Not always.
Is this just me? How do you handle it when your RLF's don't "get" your blogging?
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Permalink Reply by Angela on -
I don't know how many of my real-life friends know that I blog. I know definitely that ONE does, and sometimes she comments, sometimes not. She's thought about starting a blog before (and she's had a couple in the past, like xanga), but I don't think she's as into it as I am. None of my real-life FRIENDS are into it. Some acquaintances are, but I don't really check up on their blogs all that much either. I guess I'm more interested in reading about strangers' lives than my friends.
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Permalink Reply by Tipp on -
There is a sort of mystery to reading about the people we don't "really" know. So true!
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Permalink Reply by Phil on -
A few of my close friends know I blog. They occasionally stop by and read, too. Two of my friends in Albuquerque like to read to see what I'm up to in LA, and I occasionally meet people in real life who are friends of friends, and then they meet me and tell me they feel like they know me because they read my blog.
I'd love it if more real life friends read and interacted on my blog, but I've never expected any of them to, so that helps stave off any disappointment or hurt feelings on my end.
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Permalink Reply by cooper on -
Most of my rl friends do not blog, a couple actually eventually followed me from livejournal a year or so after I left and started blogs so they could comment on mine - they blog infrequently but have blogs, some old friends stop by periodically but never comment.
In general my real life friends do not know about or read my blog, It isn't really necessary for them to do so, it's not one of those things I really need my real life friends to read.
I think unless you are a "blogger" it's hard to be as enthusiastic about blog belonging to your friends.
Blogging is a fever not everyone gets.
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Permalink Reply by Tipp on
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That is so true and that is even what I told my friend when I wanted to warn her that not everyone would immediately be as excited as we were about blogging.
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Permalink Reply by Maxie on -
My best friend is the only one that knows I blog. I know that she goes there from time to time and even started one of her own, but she wasn't really into it. I think it's very hard to explain the "community" part of blogging to someone who doesn't do it. She understands that I've met people through it, but it doesn't seem to appeal to her. I don't think my other friends would understand even that though.
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Permalink Reply by Tipp on
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I have the same issues. It is not that they arent supportive, it is just that they don't get it. I get it is hard to understand that you might feel a connection with someone you have never met. I guess I shouldn't even try.
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Permalink Reply by Tipp on
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I don't either, just wondering how everyone else handled it when their friend didn't speak their blogging language.
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Permalink Reply by DShan on -
hm, figured i'd weigh in here, because nearly everyone in my life knows i blog. i'm the 'blogger'. that's after years of blogging, mind you, but i think a few things contributed to drawing my real life friends into reading...
first, i've always written about them, and usually dedicate a post to them on their birthdays and such. that sort of drew my closest friends in, along with my re-telling of our nights around chicago and such. i'll admit i was surprised when they started admitting that my blog was part of their daily routine.
then i started feeding my entries into Facebook, and that's just snowballed. now, my core group of guy friends almost feels like my blog is theirs because i write about them so much, and people we've all known for years and see in our social circles mention how much they love the blog, and my besties all feel like they're a part of that. i think the combination of writing affectionately about the people in my life and the publicity facebook brought to our particular social goings-on resulted in a very public acknowledgement of the blog and what's said there.
fwiw.
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Permalink Reply by Tipp on
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Do your friends/family mind your blogging about them? Sometimes they will say to me (my mom inparticular) "I don't want to read about this on the blog!"
Stuff like that has acutally led me to start an anonymous blog where I use code names to talk about things that I find other people wouldn't want to read about.
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