Blog Assignment #9

I am not a fan of blogging and I don't think that I will ever be. Writing my thoughts on a computer for the world to see is not really my cup of tea. I am a reserved person as is and I don't think that people need to know what I think about or my ideas on topics people do not care about. It's kind of like twitter. I don't need someone telling me that they are going to the bathroom or saying goodnight to the world. You get the people that are egotistical and think that everyone is hanging on their next word and you create people who think they are more important than they actually are.

I honestly believe that blogging creates no significant impact on our society but of course this technology will continue to gain in popularity. People want to express themselves and write about themselves at all times. This is why facebook twitter and individual blogs exist. To let people become self-involved and to show look what I am doing. It is quite annoying if you ask me but they are making millions doing this so it is hard to argue against it. Even the people who do food blogs come off as pretentious and snobby. I tried to follow some but people on them just ooze with the i'm better than you mentality and it is too much to get past to enjoy their blog.

Of course it is not a good thing that any one at anytime has the power to publish any idea or thought to the world. Is it a good thing that the KKK can spew their hate to the world. They are free to recruit new people and share their beliefs for all to see. This goes along the same lines of the recent outrage when bloggers hit the web with their racists comments of the Hunger Game Characters. The fact that people can write have a movie was ruined because a black person was cast just sickens me. These people are able to hide behind the cloak of the internet and can say anything they please. This is why such comments can exist because ideas that people would never say in public, are able to be written without any consequence from society.

It's great that we live in a free country where you can express your ideas but some accountability needs to start happening. When people are able to spew hatred and in some cases incite violence upon others, people need to start paying for their actions.