Blogging is a hard thing for me to do. I figured for my first post I would try to describe why I don't feel comfortable doing it because I need to find something to talk about for once.
Firstly, I am pretty quiet person. I really only spoke when spoken to and in some instances it could take weeks or even months for me to say anything. I feel that today people want to share everything through instagram, vines, twitter, facebook and honestly I don't feel the need to do so. I am an incredibly closed person who really only shares with close friends or family and even then, it's because I feel they could benefit or learn something from what I have to say.
I think that communication is such a powerful thing and now we can do it in so many different ways, all day every day. I'm curious what people can be talking about all the time that is so important. I don't feel my life is something worth bragging about. Not that I am depressed or anything, but I mean a sandwich is a sandwich no matter what kind of filter you put on it.
We have talked about in class about how people want to show off their lives on social media and give their audience a highlight reel to make their lives seem more glamorous than they really are. For me personally, I think taking pictures of every moment, special or not, takes away from whatever it is you are trying to document. I think this over-saturation of content makes special events like concerts, weddings, or other memorable moments seem common and therefor less special. This is why I feel like sometimes sharing events online pulls you away from the event because you are spending the moment finding the perfect hashtags or filters.
Overall I'm a pretty quiet person and I find all this online sharing confusing and unnecessary. On the other hand, there are a lot of positive effects found through sharing pictures and stories online. It's just not for me and that's why blogging is kind of difficult.
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