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I’ve found myself
revealing things on my blog about myself that I would find difficult
to talk about face-to-face.Ugly things too.
And yet, I found
myself trusting myself as I began trusting people I met through this
medium.
There is a fine line between the public, private and secret
self, and the boundaries blur sometimes.
At others there is a conscious
effort to keep them apart.
In a physical world, our lives are compartmentalised,
you have different sets of friends for different needs, and meet in
different physical spaces as a result.
My blog is one space where
I connect with friends, potential clients, strangers, acquaintances,
even spammers and trolls.
It is entirely up to me what I want to share
of me and when, at my blog.
And, I have found, the more I share,
the more others do.
It’s just an extension of basic human needs
for connection and community.
For me, the online
world is simply a part of my world.
It is not discreet from my ‘real
life’, it is not an underground life, it is part of my everyday
existence.
I started using social networking sites and blogs in 2003
when I got broadband and discovered the immense benefits of the sociality
that the Internet offers.
The most fulfiling change it has brought into
my life is that now, I control my own environment.
My blog has become
my social network today.
Through the simple act of voicing opinions
and thoughts, I feel liberated to speak out loud and discover voice...
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