Blog Reflection

In creating this blog I've learned quite a few things about myself and literature. I found myself to be more insightful about novels and take more out of them than i would've by just reading casually.  Keeping up the blog was a bit hard especially when having to do so without reminders from my teacher, but I found that that caused me to become more responsible for little things such as due dates. This was quite beneficial to me for things like our science current event that were due weekly, among other things. It also caused me to display my own voice and learn to write better, faster and more insightfully. It also helped my typing skills which was a good aspect of having our pieces online. One thing I didn't like, however, is that we didn't have much time, help, or motivation for revision, making my posts not some of my best work. In other words most of my pieces are just first drafts, excluding the revised blog post we were assigned. Online writing, however, did allow me to speak, or type, more freely and be more opinionated about topics, characters, social issues, etc. On the other hand, online writing can also cause you to write less or even infer less than I might be able for, lets say, a thoroughly edited, final draft essay due in class.

In terms of online identity I believe that people have less of a filter when it comes to writing, for example comments or blogs. This is because you aren't saying anything to anyone's face or where they can physically hurt you, at least right away. On the other hand, the internet allows people to easily manipulate their identity and cause people to believe they are something they're not. Therefore, you may be able to express their opinion widely but also hide who they really are, where they come from, what they experienced and more. This is something that many people, especially teenagers use to cause harm to others or very rarely good to others. One example is fake accounts that people set up to be anonymous and comment horrible things about people. This may be they're opinion but they are not owning up to it by using a false identity. There are, however, some anonymous account on social media that dole out compliments although people tend to take them for granted. It's good that people can be open about their feelings, but at the cost of others?