Comments on: When Non-Blogger Friends Don’t Get It

By: Over the Cubicle Wall

Over the Cubicle Wall — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 20:15:17 +0000

I keep my blog life separate from my real life. I don't like to talk about money with people I know, so my blog allows me to do so within a limited construct. Over the Cubicle Wall´s last blog post..Frugal Charity

By: Deanna Keahey

Deanna Keahey — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 04:23:59 +0000

One thing that helped my parents "get it" was a very specific example. My father had shared with me a story about when he was young, going with my grandfather to the ghost town of Dawson, New Mexico. It was a mining town that was closing down, and the company was selling the whole town. My grandfather bought the hotel, his friend bought the hospital, and they went out with a bunch of relatives to disassemble them, sleeping in abandoned homes while they were there. My grandfather built a family home in Texas with the materials they salvaged. I loved that story, and did some research on the town before and after the mine closed, and found photos of the hotel and the resulting house. I wrote about it on my blog. Before long, I started getting twitter messages and blog comments from people who had lived in Dawson, or been born in that hospital, or had relatives who lived in the town. It was incredibly cool to see. When I shared all these results with my parents, I think that's when they "got" blogging. It opens things up in an amazing way, and you never know who you'll touch with it. Deanna Keahey´s last blog post..The man who never makes mistakes

By: Barbara Swafford

Barbara Swafford — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 08:24:16 +0000

Hi Shell – Oh, how funny. Your friend feels like she’s spying on you if she reads your blog. Blogging is a lot of fun, isn’t it? Fortunately we have many cyber friends who understand why we do what we do. That makes it worthwhile.

Hi Stacey – Can you imagine the reaction of your friends and family when your blog skyrockets and you end up with world wide fame? WooHoo!

Hi Marissa – Thank you. ***smiles at the cricket sounds***. Yup! It’s amazing isn’t it? Like you said, others will partake in emails “chains” , but when it comes to reading our blogs, we get a ho-hum and a yawn. What gives?

Hi Steven – That’s great to hear you’re getting actie in blogging again. That a great idea to show your friends your blog. Maybe they’ll get excited about what you’re doing and start one, too. You’ll have to keep me posted.

By: Steven

Steven — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 05:18:56 +0000

I am just recently active again in blogging. Twitter service kindna made me to get started again. Almost none of my friend had a blog, or may be I just don't know, but blogging is just not their thing. Most of them are pretty knowledgeable about blog, but they just don't have the desire to share something through blog. However, if someone ask me what a blog is, I would just show him an actual blog and explain it from there, so we are learning by doing. That's the best way to explain what a blog is, I think. I also don't mind sharing my blog with my other friends. That's actually what of the reason I have a blog, so that I can post pictures and stuff with my friends. Steven´s last blog post..Blogging 101 - Know Yourself

By: Marissa

Marissa — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:53:14 +0000

What a great topic. I’m one of the “secret life”-ers. It’s strange, the response I’ve gotten from people who I expected to support me. I’ve asked my closest friends and family members to check out a couple of my posts and leave a comment. Response: (insert cricket sounds here.)

Okay, these are the SAME very vocal people who have an opinion on everything in the world and share it profusely in regular conversation. These are the same people who’ll take a joke email or sentimental poem and send it on to 53 others on their massive mailing list. But what do I get from them? Comment By Phone Call: “That’s nice.”

So, basically, if I can’t even endear my blog to my own folks, I can’t imagine trying to let co-workers or acquaintances in on my blogging world. Oy vey.