The Perils of the Internet.

Disclaimer: This post is merely an expression of the author's personal opinion. It is neither meant to be digested as if it were an article lapped off Wikipedia, nor has it been penned with the intention to offend. While certain details are not purely fictional, it is strongly advised that the reader does not seek to justify why the descriptions are based on him/her, unless it is otherwise indicated in the text.


After many years of large-scale blog-hopping, I have observed and hence concluded that there are three major classifications of bloggers:

1. Those who are comfortably honest with themselves and their readers.
2. Those who are true to themselves but not their readers.
3. Those who are living a lie.

Firstly, I have no grouses about those who fall into the first category. I can imagine that most people would beg to differ, though. After all, candid bloggers have a tendency to raise issues or make statements that are better kept to themselves. People generally dislike hearing things that aren't music to their ears; hence they frown upon such blatant outpouring of a person's honest thoughts and opinions. It is no wonder, then, that one rarely chances upon a blogger of this calibre.

Let us segue into my next point. Those who fall into the second category of bloggers are probably best defined as liars. I could go so far as to quote certain phrases here and there off several blogs, but that would be mildly antagonistic now, wouldn't it? In any case, I daresay these people constitute to a vast majority of bloggers on the internet. Enough said; I trust you're fully capable of reading between the lines.

Lastly there are the bloggers who belong to the third category, as listed above. These people are invariably, almost always unwitting slaves of frippery. They are living phantasms, dwelling in a perpetual dream land, in a state of delusion, and in the city of deception. Puns and figurative language aside - I really pity them.

Of course, there are always exceptions to all forms of classification. There are nomads too - those who don't stay within the confinements of any particular classification for extended periods of time. There are also the inane bloggers (please allow me to redirect you to my earlier post) as well as the 'listers' - those who list out their daily activities and events in chronological order - just to name a few.

But the end of the day, there is one thing that all bloggers have in common. That is accessibility. Even vulnerability, to a certain extent. Let's face it: As long as a blog exists in cyberspace, it isn't an online "personal diary" in the traditional sense of the phrase. All published materials will inevitably be subject to perusal, in some cases - criticism, or just plain old discourse.

Anyone from Azerbaijan to Zimbabwe can view our blogs, as long as they have a functional internet system in place. In other words, if you've been rattling off on your blog about your deepest darkest secrets, posting images of yourself in pixels, listing out details of your love life, or even writing something not unlike what I've just done... There's a chance that a complete stranger could have read it. Or that he/she could be reading it right now.

That's pretty unsettling, if you ask me.
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this is being taken unfortunately by me from my lovely gym senior, claire's blog and i am sadly stealing this bcos i thot it was pretty cool and i am sorry claire for taking this like it was mine and posting this on my blog...