This is my question: To blog on the community blog or on my own blog?
I have my own blog because i enjoy having a personal web space to call my own; I have my own blog because I don't want to piss anyone off with what I may say, so that I can feel free to say whatever I want whenever I want; I have my own blog because it affirms my individuality, makes me feel like I am not just like everyone else; I have my own blog because I enjoy the sound of my own voice; I have my own blog because I like being me, and want to further my own selfish interests and develop a reputation of being an interesting, intelligent, thought-provoking guy; I have my own blog because, right now, I am the most important person in my life; I have my own blog because I enjoy the level of personal risk involved in publishing something for the (however small) general public - its risky but not too risky; I enjoy having my own blog because it helps me develop confidence in my ability to communicate with others.
Most of the above is true. Is it virtuous? Is it not? I am not incredibly proud of some of it, but I think its good to face the hard facts about ones motivation for anything.
Should I dump the blog and just use the community blog?
I need your thoughts and comments.
Aaron
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interesting question - i've asked myself the same thing. the answers are
a) i think mooters might get a bit fed up of my feminist rantings and self-obsessed ramblings
b) i have some friends who are interested in me but not in moot! (hard to belieive but true)
c) this is the most important one - Gareth said I wan't allowed to blog about knitting on the moot blog. nuff said! x
I'm liking the blog... although I think it's important to be honest about mixed motives for writing one(and we as humanoids tend to have mixed motives about everything, no?) I really resonated with the previous post. To the question 'why do I do it to myself?' I think the answer is 'because I can do no other.' Authenticity has a helluva cost but is (I believe) incredibly freeing. Thanks for your honesty. Have you read 'Losing my religion' by Gordon Lynch? It's not a hefty theological tome but I like it. (It's more of a bedtime read than Nietzsche.) To introduce myself, I think you're the Aaron I met at Greenbelt late one night after enjoying the refreshing experience of open-air teeth-brushing. Anyway, glad to hear your thoughts. Hope you don't mind me dropping by. SME.
hello 'SME' which is what i'm calling you since i cant, with certainty, remember your name!(Sarah?!), but i do have clear memories of that night at the outdoor sink! Good to hear from you, I'm delighted you felt you could drop by.
I will check out the Gordon Lynch book, thanks for the tip. And your answer definitely resonates with me - there's a sense of being in the driving seat of a very heavy and very out-of-control HGV or something, and the break cable has snapped.
maybe you could keep in touch, I'm beginning to expore the possibilities of doing a master's in New York, like your good self, but I've no idea how to proceed. (i'm still in yr 2 so there's no immediate rush!) my email is aaronjohnkennedy at gmail dot com, i'd appreciate your advice.
Kat - thanks again for your response. i feel that way too, that mooters would get bored of my rants, I dont want to inflict them upon the community. And if Gareth is going to censor posts for 'suitable' topics, where does that leave me re. my love of cross stiching?! ...I think I'm gonna stick to my own blog!
I will say tho, this post came out a purdy serious conversation I had with a mooter who thinks that me having my own blog is basically counteractive in developing the moot community, and going with the flow of individualism favoured by the wider culture. Valid point, but I think I'm holding my own on this. thanks for your responses.
Kat
As Ian has said, I go to the Moot blog because it has a communal focus which creates a whole multiperson approach. Although I do not go to Moot, I go to the Moot blog because it has this joined-up feel. So as someone who does not go to Moot, but finds sustenance in the mootblog for my own spiritual sustenance, please do blog about your knitting and for you its spiritual significance.
Really, you do not know how lucky you are to have something like Moot near you, I would love it if such a thing existed near me. Value it, as it sounds like you take it a bit for granted. Ian, don't be discouraged, the mootblog is a good thing
Communitz Mobsby here. I have removed my original comment, as I think the one I have written on the mootblog is more coherent.
Kat - please do blog about your knitting - And Aaron - do bring your stuff to Moot as it is important and valued.
Check out what I have said there http://www.klisia.net/blog/2006/04/to-moot-community-blog-or-not-to-moot
Hey Aaron,
I don't know much about Moot (apart from what you've told me). I think you should stick with your own blog as:
1. if the 'Moot blog' is censored in any way it is not an open community blog
2. your comments are incredibly lucid
See you on Saturday,
Sláinte
aaargh don't get me wrong on this censorship thing, gareth was kind of joking when he told me i couldn't blog about knitting and i had just been talking about a knitting blog which featured knitted prosthetic breasts... i guess there will always be things that aren't appropriate or relevent to the community blog, so i for one will carry on having my own blog - i guess its just important that everyone involved in moot feels able to put things on the community blog, especially things with a more spiritual angle. So, I will blog on the moot blog about how knitting helps me pray, but probably won't post links to knitted breasts or pictures of my gorgeous new yarn...
who said you shouldn't have your own blog? I enjoy reading your thoughts, and that should be reason enough to keep shoots and roots running.
free the blog one!
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