Who do we blog to? family? friends? total strangers? Is our objective hook-ups? essays? both?
Paul (that apostle guy) tried to be all things to all people, which I think would be impossible on a blog, unless you have multiple blogs w/different identities.
Eventually, though, I bet the multiple blogs would all get linked. Google is scary, sometimes. And, once you write something, there is no plausible deniability. (On the other hand, maybe Google isn't as all-powerful as I think.)
How would Paul blog today?
Or would he?
What would he do in this era of modern communication, aggregation, many distractions?
I just learned of dittytalk, what looks at first glance to be a monitored blogspace for young folk (myspace alternative). Hmm. If they're going to attract young folk, they have to be cool. Monitoring, unless done in the very lightest possible manner, is not cool. Young people want to be edgy, not protected. What's going on here? What sort of things will they monitor for? Obscenity, no doubt. Would I be able to use "wtf" on such a blog? What about cruelty or lack of compassion? In my experience (heh), youth are all about social hierarchy: who's in, who's out, who do we kick for laughs today? How do you monitor that?
Ok, posting in a rush. Dangerous, but I'll try it.
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