The Bloggers With The Most To Say
Anonymous Blogging?
Quick question, more of a poll.
Do your friends and family read your blog? Or have you kept it to yourself and internet readers?
I have never invited people I know IRL because I do not want to have to apologize for hurt feelings, but am curious as to how others deal with it.
Do your friends and family read your blog? Or have you kept it to yourself and internet readers?
I have never invited people I know IRL because I do not want to have to apologize for hurt feelings, but am curious as to how others deal with it.
Replies to This Discussion
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Permalink Reply by Allison on -
Not anonymous at all! I've been writing online for years, and my blog is an extension of a lot of stuff I do in real life. The two are very inter-mixed. I don't think I could handle writing an anonymous blog, because I love meeting people IRL and I wouldn't want to hide anything or have them call me by a fake name.
My family reads my blog, some friends do.... my boyfriend and his mom read my blog! So I try to stay of safe topics. I write about what I do, what I'm thinking about. Favorite things, sometimes things that I annoy me. I write about my chronic illness some, but I also write about traveling and anything else that I'm thinking about. I don't write about arguments or things that would reflect poorly on someone else, but if I'm feeling blue or upset about something in general, then I'll write about that. I also don't write about work, unless it's very neutral. I don't want to get dooced!
Sometimes I wish I were anonymous, because then I could write about relationships or other things, but again, I think I would have trouble keeping things separate, or I'd want to refer to something a blogger friend said and then I'd be SOL! Sigh. I guess it's a give and take.
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Permalink Reply by Mr. Apron on -
Yeah.... I'm don't fret too much about hurting peoples' feelings. Mostly, I just don't want to get fired.
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Permalink Reply by Novelista Barista on -
i have told my friends that i blog, if they ask for the link ill give it to them, but i dont go boasting it. I dont care if my friends read it, i am not really talking shit about anyone on there lol so i guess it doesnt really matter... i guess i dont want my coworkers to read it bc i usually blog during work !
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Permalink Reply by jay. on -
i told my family, not my friends. i refuse to talk about my family on my blog. atleast, harshly. if i'm mad at them, i just vent to my husband. no need to publish it for hundreds or more people to read(i'm flattering myself, haha).
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Permalink Reply by Je on -
Family, no. Mostly because I like to talk a bit about sex, drinking and relationships. I keep it open to all my friends and Internet readers though. I tried to keep it more "anonymous" when I first started out, but that generally doesn't work AT ALL. People find it eventually.
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Permalink Reply by Dash on -
It sounds a little hypocritical as she wrote her thesis with a pen name...(?)
I can't say I agree with her advice at all. Just because no one is reading, it doesn't mean your blog is a failure. People blog for lots of reasons, and not everyone is out to make money.
However I did love your post on the crazy chick. LOL.
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Permalink Reply by Cassie on -
I have only told a few people that I know in real life about my blog. Mostly I just keep it to myself because I don't want any hurt feelings either. I don't rant that much but when I do, I want to be able to write about any thing that I want.
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Permalink Reply by Rachel Beeton on -
I was surprised and a little bit horrified when I found out people I knew read my blog.
I live in a small city (1.5 million people) and a reader/commenter had an unusual name.. a name I'd heard a friend mention as one of her best friends. Turns out she was one and the same.
My sister also recognised my writing - she reads a lot of blogs in my niche (food).
My husband was the only person I knew who I showed the blog to at first. But then later I told a few people what I was doing.
I don't really write about people, but sometimes my thoughts are a little random and crazy but then I'm like that in "real life" too.
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Permalink Reply by Tangent Girl on -
Well, this is an interesting topic as it's a coversation that I had recently with my boyfriend.
I had a blog that I kept for years but wasn't anonymous and family and friends were able to read it. I often felt the need though to censor or completely omit things as I was worried about people's reactions and to me that wasn't blogging. At a time that I really needed to blog about two years ago I couldn't, plain and simple. I started my new blog in January and decided this one was going to be anonymous. This way I can blog everything I want and feel no need for self censorship.
TG :)
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Permalink Reply by Princess Pointful on -
I've been blogging anonymously for more than 2 years, and so far *knock on wood*, all is good! It takes a lot of discipline, though. I have to be vigilant about checking my email in front others, clearing my history when friends are coming by, and I am off google searches so I don't need to worrying about any unique searches linked to me coming my way. I still try not to write things that would leave me villified if I were discovered, though...
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Permalink Reply by Tristan Goode on -
No friends or family are invited to read my blog. They know me IRL and are all on my myspace. The blog is for me. The only person I'd be completely comfortable with reading my blog is my hubby. And that statement right there would probably hurt my bff. I don't want to apologize or explain myself for anything in my blog. It's tiring.
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Permalink Reply by Retromus-ik on -
I told a few friends about my blog...I put a link to my blog on my facebook page. I'm more comfortable with my friends reading it than I am with my family. But they do. My mother added me on facebook...How could I refuse? My older brother reads my blog on a regular basis as well...but still, I don't censor myself as uncomfortable as it is for him to ask me questions about my love life afterwards;)
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