From Nick and Chad – Are We Getting Personal?

Gay bloggers (among others) sometimes share very personal experiences with the world (wide web). One must consider if it is a healthy (and helpful) choice.

We read recently where one blogger shared in some detail how he was raped as a youth and then tried to kill himself 4 times through his mid twenties. He is now no more than ten years older and we wonder – what drove this sudden world wide revelation? Was he simply looking for some way to get more traffic to his blog? Was he working out some unmet therapy needs through his readership? Wouldn't we all would agree that there is some truth that blogging does have that side effect for us all?

Some people have said that blogging can be a way to express in anonymity (for those who choose that route) what cannot be said elsewhere with the same level of honesty. Who's to say that there isn't some benefit in that? If the person doing the revealing is somehow gaining some element of closure, is there harm in sharing those intimate details or is it feeding an already self-obsessed culture of beauty queens?

It is important to note in this discussion that there are multiple types of blogs – business, personal, professional, etc. And then there are many more that are a mixture of them – look at Chad Fox's blog which is clearly a personal blog, while Brat Boy is now moving into the realm of business/personal for Ethan (especially with the take off of the Ginch Gonch tour). It is in these "mixed" blogs where it become more important to determine what is "too" personal. What if Ethan says something in his blog that the Ginch Gonch Executives find "unprofessional" or worse yet, has a negative impact on sales?

At BGB we see an average of 10-15 blog deaths every month. Although it is difficult to prove the "reason" for the passing of a particular blog, experience has shown that up to 25% of those are due to breaches of personal details to unwanted (family, boyfriends, coworkers, etc) readers. In those cases the blogger (if they don't just start another blog) may lose a tool they have used to process some of their personal struggles and demons. They may also lose a supportive network of friends (and for some – family) that help them deal with them. Should we feel badly when this happens, or is this just part of the natural evolution of the blogging community/culture? Is it a consequence of being too personal.

Share your thoughts with us on how personal is too personal?

From Nick and Chad – Are We Getting Personal?

Gay bloggers (among others) sometimes share very personal experiences with the world (wide web). One must consider if it is a healthy (and helpful) choice.

We read recently where one blogger shared in some detail how he was raped as a youth and then tried to kill himself 4 times through his mid twenties. He is now no more than ten years older and we wonder – what drove this sudden world wide revelation? Was he simply looking for some way to get more traffic to his blog? Was he working out some unmet therapy needs through his readership? Wouldn’t we all would agree that there is some truth that blogging does have that side effect for us all?

Some people have said that blogging can be a way to express in anonymity (for those who choose that route) what cannot be said elsewhere with the same level of honesty. Who’s to say that there isn’t some benefit in that? If the person doing the revealing is somehow gaining some element of closure, is there harm in sharing those intimate details or is it feeding an already self-obsessed culture of beauty queens?

It is important to note in this discussion that there are multiple types of blogs – business, personal, professional, etc. And then there are many more that are a mixture of them – look at Chad Fox’s blog which is clearly a personal blog, while Brat Boy is now moving into the realm of business/personal for Ethan (especially with the take off of the Ginch Gonch tour). It is in these “mixed” blogs where it become more important to determine what is “too” personal. What if Ethan says something in his blog that the Ginch Gonch Executives find “unprofessional” or worse yet, has a negative impact on sales?

At BGB we see an average of 10-15 blog deaths every month. Although it is difficult to prove the “reason” for the passing of a particular blog, experience has shown that up to 25% of those are due to breaches of personal details to unwanted (family, boyfriends, coworkers, etc) readers. In those cases the blogger (if they don’t just start another blog) may lose a tool they have used to process some of their personal struggles and demons. They may also lose a supportive network of friends (and for some – family) that help them deal with them. Should we feel badly when this happens, or is this just part of the natural evolution of the blogging community/culture? Is it a consequence of being too personal.

Share your thoughts with us on how personal is too personal?

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Gay bloggers (among others) sometimes share very personal experiences with the world (wide web). One must consider if it is a healthy (and helpful) choice.

We read recently where one blogger shared in some detail how he was raped as a youth and then tried to kill himself 4 times through his mid twenties. He is now no more than ten years older and we wonder – what drove this sudden world wide revelation? Was he simply looking for some way to get more traffic to his blog? Was he working out some unmet therapy needs through his readership? Wouldn’t we all would agree that there is some truth that blogging does have that side effect for us all?

Some people have said that blogging can be a way to express in anonymity (for those who choose that route) what cannot be said elsewhere with the same level of honesty. Who’s to say that there isn’t some benefit in that? If the person doing the revealing is somehow gaining some element of closure, is there harm in sharing those intimate details or is it feeding an already self-obsessed culture of beauty queens?

It is important to note in this discussion that there are multiple types of blogs – business, personal, professional, etc. And then there are many more that are a mixture of them – look at Chad Fox’s blog which is clearly a personal blog, while Brat Boy is now moving into the realm of business/personal for Ethan (especially with the take off of the Ginch Gonch tour). It is in these “mixed” blogs where it become more important to determine what is “too” personal. What if Ethan says something in his blog that the Ginch Gonch Executives find “unprofessional” or worse yet, has a negative impact on sales?

At BGB we see an average of 10-15 blog deaths every month. Although it is difficult to prove the “reason” for the passing of a particular blog, experience has shown that up to 25% of those are due to breaches of personal details to unwanted (family, boyfriends, coworkers, etc) readers. In those cases the blogger (if they don’t just start another blog) may lose a tool they have used to process some of their personal struggles and demons. They may also lose a supportive network of friends (and for some – family) that help them deal with them. Should we feel badly when this happens, or is this just part of the natural evolution of the blogging community/culture? Is it a consequence of being too personal.

Share your thoughts with us on how personal is too personal?

Read more at:

title="Read the full story on the zen-hosting.eu site."

href="http://zen-hosting.eu/wp/?p=85" >http://zen-hosting.eu/wp/?p=85.