Comments on: Go F*cking Blog About It

By: Neil Cashman

Neil Cashman — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 21:17:47 +0000

I’ll tell you, can you believe that the internet has been around for only 10 years! It has completely changed the world and how we do things!

But the interesting thing is the whole web2.0 and sometimes people get too much info out there!

By: sandrar

sandrar — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:38:36 +0000

Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. Cheers! Sandra. R.

By: kevin

kevin — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 10:03:45 +0000

For the present generation , internet is included alongwith the three basic needs of life i.e. food, clothing, shelter. It acts like lifeline to communicate with the whole world.

By: Nikki

Nikki — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:02:00 +0000

Mm… I don’t know, I think the line has been crossed. I blogged about my ex, while we were together and during the breakup and afterward. I got stalked by the girls he was cheating on me with. And when I looked back at those posts, after moving on, I felt like I sounded whiny and pathetic. I’m stronger than that person I portrayed online. There’s more to my life than my relationship.

So I relocated urls a couple times, have been in a happy, healthy, wonderful relationship for the past year and I never, ever, ever blog about him. Well, that’s not true. I post an occasional picture, or mention things that we’ve done or sing the occasional praise. But I never mention him by his real name – in fact, I don’t even use my real name – and I keep our personal shit offline. If we fight, it’s between he & I only. It’s about having respect for your relationship. I’m long past needing attention and validation from strangers – because that’s what it really is. And as I said, there is so much more to me and my life than kvetching about a man.

By: manager mom

manager mom — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:43:01 +0000

great post. I am still working out where I stand on the TMI issue. I think I have come to the point where if it's something that I'm afraid to announce at a dinner party, I won't put it on my blog. Of course I am not a *reserved* person, so I've talked about everything from my kids to my colon at most dinner parties. OMG, manager moms last blog post: I Will Run You Down Like The Vermin You Are

By: sarah louise

sarah louise — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:46:53 +0000

I think about this topic a lot. Even at a pseudonymous blog, my cousin will inevitably show pictures of her pottery to my mom and my mom will remember that I’m Sarah Louise and say, “oh, I’m on your blog right now, reading about Shadow Voices.” I am a huge SATC fan and always wish that part of the special features were the columns Carrie wrote (and yes, I’m aware Candace Bushnell wrote that book.)

How is it that by the time you get to be comment 11 you feel like you have nothing to write on the bathroom wall? Great post has already been said, but I’ll say it again. Great post.

By: Andria

Andria — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 02:34:09 +0000

Great post.

I used to tell all, until my husband left me because I talked smack about his sister. It was the truth- she had been dreadful. I learned my lesson, and had to go elsewhere when I wanted to spill the dirt on her latest hurtful comments.

http://andria-and-co.com

OMG, Andrias last blog post: The Business of Blogging

By: AV Flox

AV Flox — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:37:17 +0000

Do you really think the need to overshare has its roots in social isolation? Why is it that as social networking sites bring more and more of us together, we’re still exposing ourselves online?

I love this stuff. I could think about it forever. When you develop your thoughts further on the drive to overshare, I hope you’ll drop by and leave a comment so I can run over and read.

I like your blog–where are your columns?

By: AV Flox

AV Flox — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:23:04 +0000

Oh, I wonder why she doesn’t want you talking about her detox? I would read about that! My husband and I have been looking at different ones but haven’t yet come across one we both agree is the best.

By: New Age Bitch

New Age Bitch — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:45:22 +0000

I’m now in my 3rd blogcarnation, and this one is in a sort of holding pattern. I don’t write the personal stuff in it, at least not yet. But I also write two literary columns chock-full of the personal stuff. I’ve become segmented, but at least the squares are filled or mostly so.

I’ve been gingerly exploring this drive so many of us share to write the most intimate details of our lives in this semi-anonymous/semi-public manner. It has to be an extension of the social isolation that exists in our culture, coupled with an overall need to forge an identity through expression….and that’s as far as I got.

I’ve never held back in blogging but I’ve also completely closed down blogs when being stalked by angry ex’s. A correlation there? Perhaps, but the compulsion to express who I am and to express my life as I see it is awfully strong.

This was a wonderful exploration of the topic. Found you through Jenny The Bloggess.

Oh. Ironically, the person in my life now would ADORE being blogged about in all ways: the good, the bad, the everything. But I just haven’t felt like it. What’s up with that?