Blogging: Good or Bad?

I suggest you get a journal if you are going to post personal stuff in public that you know your friends are going to read about it. If you put it out there and don't censor it why are you surprised when people get upset? I never blog about personal stuff because I'm a private person and I don't want all my business out there for everyone to read. So if you don't want people getting mad at what you read then keep it private or if you keep doing it just be prepared for the possible consequences.

I love to blog. I never put personal things on my blog. Our personal issues should be kept private. I blog for money too. I like it. I always try not to get too personal when blogging.

Blogging can be good and bad. Personally, I use blogging to let my feelings and opinions known. It can helpful to write things out when something's bothering you. However, I've seen people use blogging to attack others, which is wrong. If you choose to blog about something that's hurtful or will upset someone, you should keep that blog private.

Hi Queenlove! First of all welcome to mylot. Well, frankly I have never had idea about the blogs some two months before :) This is really the thing I must admit and I do. After having the good knowledge, upto the moment, it made me to think seriously what does a blog contribute whilst being on the net. I think blog is good in the sense that you can share (write/say) whatever you want to ! isn't it? Off course, really good there are some blogs, having potential material. This is really sad to learn about hard feelings. Nice to see that you made good friends and may be I would be there :) haha Thanks for a good discussion topic.

Hi Queenlove, well, according to me you already know the answer to this question of yours :) While knowing that the kind of blogging you are doing is ruining your social life and cobtacts you keep doing it. This could have 2 reasons, or you really want these people to break with you, but you do not want to do it yourself, so you're choosing the "smart" step to let them read your thoughts, and break up with you themselves. The other possibility is that it is unconsious act of being upset with yourself, and in need of a punishment but since you don't get it, you cause the punishment with the above. If you would like to break this nasty cycle, simply change what you write about, and stop making your private stuff known online. Write only about stuff happening in the world that interests you, but never again about your personal life, friends, and issues. Buy yourself a diary that you keep private, and keep writing in it like you did until now on your blogs. Hope this helps :) TheFortunes

Blogging is like a journal...a diary. We can write anything we wanted to. But we should also be ready with the comments people will give us. If you uses it for venting, then I found nothing wrong with it. Just don't get too much affected by your readers' comments. Just like you, perhaps they are just writing to vent also. lol

Some blog sites will let you set up a blog that is private, that only people you allow to can see it. If you really just need a place to vent, start another blog for just yourself!

I love blogging and to read people's blogs, but mine is totally impersonal, I write about books. I think it is good to get your feelings out, but it's better to do it anonymously or use a diary. If you really want to tell people about how you feel, you should try finding a way to say how you feel that is not in anger but gets your point of view across. If they still get mad after that, then you have to decide whether it is worth holding in your feelings to keep the friendship or let them go as friends. Real friends can discuss anything.

i love to blog too, and just like you, i do blogging to express my feelings, especially the negative ones. but when i write something that involves other people and i dont want them to read it, i turn the entry status to friends-only. i hope your blog does have something like that so u can manage viewership.

You could try keeping a diary to vent. That always helped me when I needed to vent and wanted to get out my feelings without hurting anyone. You could also try blogging about positive things instead of the negative so much to help your mindset maybe.

Why don't you start an anonymous blog? I've some blogging friends who are anonymous. They use nicknames, never posted their pics, and nobody knows their original names, but we're still good friends. That way you can vent or write in peace. Personally I LOVE blogging 'coz it's VERY therapeutic. Plus I can find MANY friends around the world. ;-D

I am a HUGE fan of blogging. However when I'm really upset and I need to vent I usually make the entry private and revisit in a couple of days to see if its something I should really show the whole world. Sometimes, after looking at a certain entry after a couple of days it might need a little "tweaking" in order to avoid hurt feelings, but most times it needs to be kept private. Usually when venting people tend to say irrational things without thinking things through, so maybe you should try this approach.