Comments on: Thoughts: On how people may react to their convesations being shared on blogs?

By: Bes

Bes — Wed, 16 May 2007 18:24:44 +0000

Good point. Many values that are considered a sign of “prestige” or value online may have the opposite significance, or even no importance, and “vice versa.”

Many values that do not depend on the platform of communication or interaction [online and offline] probably stay the same, though other things like you pointed out change.

By: inspirationbit

inspirationbit — Wed, 16 May 2007 04:36:33 +0000

I agree with you: the values in the online and offline worlds are different. What bloggers consider being a sign of prestige is valuable only online and means nothing offline, and I guess the vice versa is true.

By: Bes

Bes — Tue, 15 May 2007 19:01:46 +0000

Vivien-inspirationbit, thanks for the comment!

Good point: as long as it is done anonymously or in a way that hides the facts that can pinpoint an individual or an entity [like a service or a company], it should be all right, unless the specific purpose of a post is to show which company or person said what.

About a blog’s popularity, that is an interesting point you bring up: online, a blogger may feel happy if some prominent blogger posted their conversation online, but an offline person may not feel the same way. It may be because of offline people not caring much about prominent people online, whereas many bloggers online want to be like many of the online famous/prominent people. What do you think?

By: inspirationbit

inspirationbit — Tue, 15 May 2007 07:22:01 +0000

I think that unless it’s done in a satirical and/or anonymous way, we shouldn’t share our sensitive conversations or correspondence with others online. Of course, people won’t like it. Would they react differently? This will depend on that person in question, the blog’s popularity and on certain circumstances.