Comments on: The mask of a Blogger – the Question http://neobluepanther.com/2007/10/the_mask_of_a_blogger_-_the_question/ Writing, Among Other Things Mon, 30 Aug 2010 11:29:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Wendi http://neobluepanther.com/2007/10/the_mask_of_a_blogger_-_the_question/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Wendi Tue, 09 Oct 2007 19:10:04 +0000 http://neobluepanther.com/?p=28#comment-21 I've done both... anonymously and by my real name, and both have value. There are advantages and disadvantages to both sides of the coin. However, what should be kept in mind is that you stated that when you first started blogging, you had limited viewers and wrote whatever, and that your writing style changed when the hits increased - but what you seem to have forgotten is that it was YOUR STYLE that attracted those additional readers! Why change what's already working? I like to divide my blog into categories so that no matter what I write or what style I choose to write in, there's a "proper place" for it. Sometimes I'm raw and unabashed, sometimes I'm analytical and informative, sometimes I'm poetic... there are a lot of pieces and parts to me and I've learned it's much easier to customize my blog to suit my various styles than it is to try to morph my styles to suit the blog. Writing under your real name does pose some limitations - there are certain things we don't want to make available for public fodder, true enough - so if you can't decide between anonymous or "real", why not do both? Keep one blog under your real name for the things you don't mind sharing openly, and keep a separate blog with a pseudonym to suit your more "raw" tendencies with writing. Just a few thoughts... <i>*Sparky*</i> (Obviously a pseudonym ~smirks~) I’ve done both… anonymously and by my real name, and both have value. There are advantages and disadvantages to both sides of the coin. However, what should be kept in mind is that you stated that when you first started blogging, you had limited viewers and wrote whatever, and that your writing style changed when the hits increased – but what you seem to have forgotten is that it was YOUR STYLE that attracted those additional readers! Why change what’s already working?

I like to divide my blog into categories so that no matter what I write or what style I choose to write in, there’s a “proper place” for it. Sometimes I’m raw and unabashed, sometimes I’m analytical and informative, sometimes I’m poetic… there are a lot of pieces and parts to me and I’ve learned it’s much easier to customize my blog to suit my various styles than it is to try to morph my styles to suit the blog.

Writing under your real name does pose some limitations – there are certain things we don’t want to make available for public fodder, true enough – so if you can’t decide between anonymous or “real”, why not do both? Keep one blog under your real name for the things you don’t mind sharing openly, and keep a separate blog with a pseudonym to suit your more “raw” tendencies with writing.

Just a few thoughts…

*Sparky*
(Obviously a pseudonym ~smirks~)

]]> By: Rohit http://neobluepanther.com/2007/10/the_mask_of_a_blogger_-_the_question/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Rohit Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:29:30 +0000 http://neobluepanther.com/?p=28#comment-20 Interesting write up... For me its a matter of ones choice which entirely depends on your mood and situation... Even though its not a fool proof anonymity but some time this insight works as psychological treatment coz humans needs some medium to share their joy or some shoulders to cry... Interesting write up…
For me its a matter of ones choice which entirely depends on your mood and situation…
Even though its not a fool proof anonymity but some time this insight works as psychological treatment coz humans needs some medium to share their joy or some shoulders to cry…

]]> By: Jess http://neobluepanther.com/2007/10/the_mask_of_a_blogger_-_the_question/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Jess Tue, 09 Oct 2007 03:35:49 +0000 http://neobluepanther.com/?p=28#comment-19 I have blogged with my name as well as anonymously, and I think it's a lot more fun to blog anonymously. I think you're willing to be more open and honest in your writing when no one knows that it's you. I'd much rather go back to blogging without a name. I have blogged with my name as well as anonymously, and I think it’s a lot more fun to blog anonymously. I think you’re willing to be more open and honest in your writing when no one knows that it’s you. I’d much rather go back to blogging without a name.

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