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I was shown this article this morning about blogs. It's yet another story about kids saying things that come back to bite them in the ass. (Isn't this the 14th article saying the very same exact thing this month? Come on guys, find a new hot topic.)
It talks about kids whose parents are in high positions of power and it explains how if you do something and publish it on the internet, someone, somewhere will probably find it and then "expose" the parents because their kids decided to have a beer one night while being underage... or decided to pose with some girls in bikinis in a hot tub.
So, what's the message here? If you have a blog, you have to understand that ANYONE/EVERYONE with a tap into the int0rwebs can view it so watch what you say. Essentially, the web is one big paper trail so cover your ass.
Now, lets go back 50 years. Hell, go back 15. Before the internet. Before peanut butter jelly time. Back when kids actually went to the library to research a paper. Teen angst. You know, that thing kids did when their parents were complete "assholes" to them and "didn't understand" them. Kids would go to these things called sockhops to blow off steam. Or went down to the pier to race their cars with one another. Or joined biker gangs. (ok, the last one is a stretch).
My point is, the internet generation hasn't changed how people think. It has only created another outlet, and in this case, an outlet for them to vent their frustrations on an online journal. The only difference? This time around for this generation, they are allowing every other like minded teen angster to read their sob stories and relate.
Do you get it now?
The internet will probably be the downfall of our society but it does do one thing well. It brings people from all over the world together. It lets people know that no matter how different they may seem to be on the surface, everyone has the same shit to go through.
Ok, yes, blogs can also have a dark side. They can get you in a lot of trouble. I know this from experience. But if that is kept in mind, I think it's a wonderful outlet for your issues. Vent vent vent. Let the world know what is pissing you off. Go read some random girl's blog in london who just so happens to be going through the same shit as you. The world is so large and the internet is so vast but sometimes it just brings us all a little closer together.
But if your dad is a senator, just avoid the photo-ops at that next underaged kegger.
I was shown this article this morning about blogs. It's yet another story about kids saying things that come back to bite them in the ass. (Isn't this the 14th article saying the very same exact thing this month? Come on guys, find a new hot topic.)
It talks about kids whose parents are in high positions of power and it explains how if you do something and publish it on the internet, someone, somewhere will probably find it and then "expose" the parents because their kids decided to have a beer one night while being underage... or decided to pose with some girls in bikinis in a hot tub.
So, what's the message here? If you have a blog, you have to understand that ANYONE/EVERYONE with a tap into the int0rwebs can view it so watch what you say. Essentially, the web is one big paper trail so cover your ass.
Now, lets go back 50 years. Hell, go back 15. Before the internet. Before peanut butter jelly time. Back when kids actually went to the library to research a paper. Teen angst. You know, that thing kids did when their parents were complete "assholes" to them and "didn't understand" them. Kids would go to these things called sockhops to blow off steam. Or went down to the pier to race their cars with one another. Or joined biker gangs. (ok, the last one is a stretch).
My point is, the internet generation hasn't changed how people think. It has only created another outlet, and in this case, an outlet for them to vent their frustrations on an online journal. The only difference? This time around for this generation, they are allowing every other like minded teen angster to read their sob stories and relate.
Do you get it now?
The internet will probably be the downfall of our society but it does do one thing well. It brings people from all over the world together. It lets people know that no matter how different they may seem to be on the surface, everyone has the same shit to go through.
Ok, yes, blogs can also have a dark side. They can get you in a lot of trouble. I know this from experience. But if that is kept in mind, I think it's a wonderful outlet for your issues. Vent vent vent. Let the world know what is pissing you off. Go read some random girl's blog in london who just so happens to be going through the same shit as you. The world is so large and the internet is so vast but sometimes it just brings us all a little closer together.
But if your dad is a senator, just avoid the photo-ops at that next underaged kegger.
*thinks its not bikinis and keggers underage that are so bad about blogses and mySpaceses, but the stripping and sex acts and admitted drug use by, like, 13 year olds that could be slightly more objectionable…*
lol @ peanut butter jelly time
Damn you for getting that stuck in my head.
This post goes along with my reasons for blogging anonymously. I can vent openly about family, friends, and coworkers without fear of reprisals. It's great.
But kids, obviously, have a lot to learn about the lack of privacy online. It's like when I was young. Every time my brother found my diary and told on me about something, I'd have to find a new and more creative hiding place.
And xodiaq, "blogses and mySpaceses" is making me think of Gollum...quit it!
people focus too much on the negatives about whatever it is that scares them and forget about the positives. there are good blogs out there and myspace is [um maybe not always] useful in getting the word out for a new band or something. there are just as many creative useful blogs out there as there are pointless angsty shite teen ones.