The Blogosphere, Trolling, Etc.

I blog.  Duh.  I think you figured that out.  I say stupid shit on here, I curse a little bit like a sailor, I bitch, I complain, sometimes I say too much.  And I'm ok with that.  'Cause dammit, that's what a blog is.  It's an open forum for me to say anything I want.  If it gets too vulgar, it'd be wise to put a warning on it.  Maybe I should do that. 

Not only can I say whatever I want on here, but I'm welcoming random readers from across the globe (no, seriously, I looked on my stats) to say whatever they hell they want about things that I post.  Honestly, I get a little nervous about what some people might take away from my blog.  They may get offended or think less of me for whatever reason.  And then maybe they'll share that in a public forum.  But because I have this blog and allow for comments, I'm willing to accept criticism, praise, belittlement, judgment or anything that comes along with the territory of publicly posting my thoughts, my feelings, my emotions, and what I'm dealing with in life.  

For example, what I really want to blogging about right now is something I don't want posted on a public forum.  Not because I don't want to hear other people's thoughts, but because I know my thoughts and the responses I would get could potentially be hurtful to someone who could stumble across my blog.  So, rather than deal with the drama or decide not to allow certain comments to be posted, I'm going to go ahead and not blog about it.

Something that goes hand-in-hand with it are people who post judgmental or overly-opinionated Facebook statuses, Twitter updates, etc and get frustrated by the commentary they receive following.  If you post something angrily or frustratedly, you're going to get a response.  Suck it up.  Or don't post it.  Or post certain things in one forum and only accept people who you know won't piss you off.  My Twitter is a place where I don't accept certain friends.  Based wholly on the idea that I don't want to deal with the responses I would get from some people on my Facebook.

Also, there is a troll following my blog.  Goes by "Anonymous."  I'm totally ok with that.  Anonymous doesn't seem to like me much, but that's totally fine.  I have been a troll on a couple of blogs and random internet threads.  My reasons: 

• I knew the person writing the blog or managing the thread would immediately discredit everything I said if I put my real name. 
• I have actually been shut down by the owner before for stating my opinion.  I was careful not to be rude when writing my responses.  
• I've been shut down by an blog writer for stating my first response, someone taking it out of context and being offended, and then the author also being offended.  Then I was defended and shut down before I could also create my own defense which in turn makes me look like a jackass.

People who do these three things really shouldn't be allowed to blog or publish anything on an open forum.
 
This post was really just meant to complain about my fellow bloggers who have stepped into a world of drama - the internet - without giving it credit for what it can do.  So, before people start getting all internet-savvy and posting blogs and typing crazy Tweets, etc they should be required to understand that it may just make their life more difficult.