Blogging On A Social Network
Blogging on a Social Network
Blogging is becoming increasingly popular and social networks are also
becoming more and more popular as well. Social networks include popular
websites such as MySpace.com where users can create personal websites and
interact with other users. These websites may include a wide range of
components including text, images, audio, video and blogs. Here system
users can voice their opinions, provided updates on their life, offer
insight into current events or accomplish a number of other goals. However,
bloggers who utilize a social network to maintain their blog should
consider a few different factors . This article will discuss some of these
factors including whether to make the blogs available to the public or keep
the private, considering the audience of the blog and dealing with
harassment through the blog.
Making Blogs Private or Public
Most social networks enable users to make their website either private or
public. Private websites are only available to the user and other users he
specifically approves to view his website while public websites are
available to all users of the system. These same capabilities also apply to
the blogs which are maintained on a social network. For this reason
bloggers must determine whether or not they wish to make their blog posts
available to the entire social network or to only a fraction of this
network.
This decision will be largely based on a matter of personal preference.
Social networks can be quite extensive and some bloggers may be
apprehensive about their blog being available to such a large audience
while other bloggers may have no apprehensions about the size of the
potential audience. Bloggers should carefully consider this option before
staring a blog but always have the option to change these settings after
the blog has been established if they change their mind about the choice
they originally made.
Considering the Blog Audience
Bloggers who utilize a social network to maintain a blog should also
carefully consider the potential audience for the blog. Most social
networks include a broad cross section of the general public. Therefore
bloggers should be aware of this audience when posting a blog and should
consider how the blog entries will be interpreted by blog audience members.
While it will never be possible to avoid offending all potential audience
members some bloggers may wish to consider at least attempting to ensure
the blog entries they post are appropriate for all members of the social
network. If this is not possible the blogger may consider making the blog
private.
Dealing with Harassment through the Blog
Another aspect bloggers who use a social network to publish their blog
should be aware of includes the potential for harassment from other members
through the blog. This can be in the form of offensive comments posted in
response to blog entries. Depending on the degree of the harassment the
blogger may choose to ignore these comments or take stronger actions.
Bloggers should review the policies of the social network and solicit their
assistance in dealing with harassment from other users. In most cases
dealing with the problem may be as simple as blocking the user from making
comments on the blog but in some cases it may be necessary to contact the
social network administrators in an attempt to get the user banned from the
system. In this situation the administrators will review the situation and
make a judgment regarding whether or not the user has violated the terms of
service.
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