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Oct. 21st, 2005
On the Internet You Don't Own Shit
Oct. 21st, 2005 11:42 pmI hear the following a lot, and it bugs me in a big way. Otherwise intelligent people say it all the time, something along the lines of:
I don't agree for a bunch of reasons. Here are a few.
Anonymous comments: I've always kept anonymous posting enabled and as a result have received comments from many sources that I don't think would have posted otherwise. One of which is my brother who isn't big on remembering passwords and logins. If you want a secure discussion then secure the post to your friends group(s). I find disabled anonymous posting and the idea of ownership of your blog like the real world. Where if somebody says something to you when you speak aloud in a public place you merely dismiss them unless they've presented credentials. It's that kind of weird niching of all socialization that I personally am taking an effort to avoid.
There is so much you can learn and sometimes the most sublime statements can come from totally unexpected sources. The internet has this uncanny ability to connect obscure affinities together. This is not a particularly great thing in application. It divides cultures and alienates people from an overall sense of community.
Go mingle and meet new people. Get in arguments and come to new conclusions. It's dirty work but very rewarding.
Also the inability to cope with random criticism perhaps indicates a few things. At the least you're feeling self-conscious, and that's natural. But it's just text and if you really believe and feel what you've written even the most damaging of anonymous comments will roll of your back.
The worst, and I've seen this before, is a creation of a web of compulsive lies. Some of us may remember some fake cancer, for instance. That sort of sociopath shit is creepy and weird. Still see it sometimes to this day.
Ownership of Words: I think it's interesting how people have this sense of ownership over their blogs. When you own everything you say it's very hard to change your mind. Re-consider situations and change your mind like any other rational human being would. Your blog is ether, just let it flow. If you stop this process you stop learning new things and gaining new perspectives. My blog hasn't just served me as something to help me remember things in the past. It's actually been the most useful as a chart of personal growth over the last five years.
"It's my journal, I call the shots"
I don't agree for a bunch of reasons. Here are a few.
Anonymous comments: I've always kept anonymous posting enabled and as a result have received comments from many sources that I don't think would have posted otherwise. One of which is my brother who isn't big on remembering passwords and logins. If you want a secure discussion then secure the post to your friends group(s). I find disabled anonymous posting and the idea of ownership of your blog like the real world. Where if somebody says something to you when you speak aloud in a public place you merely dismiss them unless they've presented credentials. It's that kind of weird niching of all socialization that I personally am taking an effort to avoid.
There is so much you can learn and sometimes the most sublime statements can come from totally unexpected sources. The internet has this uncanny ability to connect obscure affinities together. This is not a particularly great thing in application. It divides cultures and alienates people from an overall sense of community.
Go mingle and meet new people. Get in arguments and come to new conclusions. It's dirty work but very rewarding.
Also the inability to cope with random criticism perhaps indicates a few things. At the least you're feeling self-conscious, and that's natural. But it's just text and if you really believe and feel what you've written even the most damaging of anonymous comments will roll of your back.
The worst, and I've seen this before, is a creation of a web of compulsive lies. Some of us may remember some fake cancer, for instance. That sort of sociopath shit is creepy and weird. Still see it sometimes to this day.
Ownership of Words: I think it's interesting how people have this sense of ownership over their blogs. When you own everything you say it's very hard to change your mind. Re-consider situations and change your mind like any other rational human being would. Your blog is ether, just let it flow. If you stop this process you stop learning new things and gaining new perspectives. My blog hasn't just served me as something to help me remember things in the past. It's actually been the most useful as a chart of personal growth over the last five years.