Comments on: Who Are You When You Blog?

By: Yo

Yo — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:18:08 +0000

I’m definitely me…although that could be a liability, who knows. I think that your blog is like your home and just like people don’t generally tell me how to act in my home, they should shut the hell up about how I choose to run my blog. If you don’t like it, don’t read it–I probably don’t want you there anyway. Of course, I generally try to at least be careful with my language because clients might not like my use of certain profanities, but even that I do let drop occasionally.

If you mix your blog with your portfolio (blogfolio) there is a different protocol you must observe because it is now part of your selling tool–but you can still be you, just cleaner more reasonable you. If your blog is just a blog–screw everyone, do what you want.

As far as whether or not rants are helpful, I strongly believe that when the student is ready, the teacher will appear. We all respond to lessons differently, there is a place for a rant as much as there is a place for gentleness. What there isn’t a place for is people who sit on the fence and talk out of both sides of their mouth. That generally isn’t helpful to anyone–but hell, it’s their house, I just won’t go there ;P

By: Damaria Senne

Damaria Senne — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:40:25 +0000

I’m myself when I blog. Blogging just gives me the time to think things through before I say something, whereas in person I’d probably have more spontaneity.

By: Lillie Ammann

Lillie Ammann — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:14:07 +0000

Jenn,

I’m pretty much a WYSIWYG blogger: what you see is what you get. I blog for fun, and it wouldn’t be fun if I couldn’t be myself.

Someone who blogs to make money may have valid reasons to take a different approach.

By: Matt Willard

Matt Willard — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:46:30 +0000

I’m just basically myself when I blog, except the fact that I make clever jokes that I can’t really crack on the fly in real life. (Yet.) I have my limits on what I’ll say online, though. I don’t like to trash people who mean no harm-while that seems to be the trend where I usually roam on the Internet, I refrain from it whenever possible. (I’m not perfect in this area, naturally, but I do what I can.) Just because on the Internet doesn’t mean you shouldn’t use your manners where appropriate.

But then again, that’s why God gave us the ability to block people. :)