Reviving Blog Posts: Part 1

Good thing I was able to save my Friendster blog posts before the social networking site was doomed. I started in 2005 and until now I'm still trying to be an exhibitionist! One of the great argumentative posts I've ever made back in college was this "Blogging as an Act of Exhibitionism!" and I was totally against the premise!  Let me try to relive the frustration I felt 5 years ago...Take note: Everything is in toto!

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This entry was posted on Thursday, June 22nd, 2006 at 9:58 am

blogging=exhibitionism?

no offense to the person concerned:
bloggers are not exhibitionists…
we are not exposing ourselves to public…
neither are we trying to get some attention watsoever!
we blog because we are rational beings…
capable of thinking, feeling and perceiving…
thus we simply share and express what we think, feel and perceive!
blog’s no less than a diary… it’s also a behavioral artifact which may help in understanding one’s inner self! as a blogger myself, i must say that blogging really helps in developing a person’s positive well being!
blogging is not a psychosexual disorder nor an abnormal act… how could you equate it with exhibitionism ?!
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And this post ticked some people off! Let's recall the comments too...
15 Responses to “blogging=exhibitionism?”

1.  Jackie-San Says:
   June 23rd, 2006 at 8:12 pmasa man ka nakadungog ana ba? Kinsa man gasulti ana ba?
2.  grace Says:
   June 23rd, 2006 at 8:52 pmyep..blogging is not exhibitionism.im not a blogger but i bet,writers or bloggers get satisfied only when we get some feedback.a reality one can never deny.why not keep a personal diary instead if one does not intend to let others know our thoughts?then,bloggers must be somehow waitng for response..BUT that is way way far from exhibitionism..
3.  YvAiNe Says:
   June 24th, 2006 at 1:24 amthen again what is his/her definition of exhibitionism?hmmm..?
4.  Charmaine Says:
   June 24th, 2006 at 2:12 amexhibitionism….
   indecent and compulsive exposure of the genitals in public to acquire attention… saonz!!!
5.  ' 'mara rev ' ' Says:
   June 24th, 2006 at 4:42 amdamn!!! asa ka nkadungog ana cham? im a blogger although dli au ko maka post daily, still you know me to be the blogger na mu-share jud sa iya feelings bwt, almost everything…exhibitionism? haller?! i agree with grace, its way far from blogging…blogging is one way of expressing ourselves, not exposing ourselves!!!! duh?!!!?
6.  Charmaine Says:
   June 24th, 2006 at 5:45 ammulang… pero sowee mara i cant tell u knsay nisulti anah…ahihi… i still respect her… bsag mean kaau iyang comment bout blogging…ahihihihi… ^_^
7.  Darliza Says:
   June 24th, 2006 at 8:06 pmi beg to disagree.
   exhibitionism para nako, is deriving pleasure from showing a part of yourself to others, and not just on physical terms.
   blogging is still part exhibitionism. i mean, why not? being an exhib doesnt have to be all about sex y’know. defy the borders of basic dictionary meaning. if you bare yourself for people to see, and actually get the kick out of it, that is exhibitionism.
8.  Charmaine Says:
   June 26th, 2006 at 1:09 ampsychologically or psychiatrically speaking, exhibitionism is the incapability of the mind to control the compulsive exposure of oneself, not necessarily the genitals, to attract public attention. in short it’s an abnormal act… a deviation from the norm!
   you can’t blame us, psych studs for perceiving things scientifically…or even if we try to defy the borders of basic dictionary meaning, we still couldnt get the negative impact of the term itself! it isnt just the appropriate term to describe blogging… it could have been sumthing that’s positive in its sense…
   i have nothing against those who feel to disagree with me…everyone’s comment is respected… and im happy that we’re trying to exercise the art of argumentation…^_^
9.  Rommel Says:
   June 30th, 2006 at 6:54 amhey… ingna cya ha… pabasaha sa akong blog, basin ma.usab iyang definition sa ‘exhibitionism’… pero i’m not saying i’m ‘flashing’ something there… just tell her to visit natio… basin makasabot cya sa difference.
   & if ngpatagad jud ang mga bloggers, so be it… with her mere comment, it just proves that she pays attention 2 d blogger’s alleged endeavor. hahaha!
10.  YvAiNe Says:
    July 2nd, 2006 at 9:10 pmi think that people react basically to what society is considered as a standard..and yes exhibitionism does have a sexual cum negative impact to the ears..but the nothing is, you go beyond the dictionary meaning, because really, its only a matter of perspective.
11.  Charmaine Says:
    July 5th, 2006 at 7:38 amsoweee ass di ko ka dare mo ingon sa iyaha…
    yeah it’s a matter of perspective rah… but may unta kung ang perspective sa mga taw kay positive… di mn gud nimo ma help kay ang nature sa word nega na gud… how wud u actually shift the perspective from negative to positive. 
12.  Jaclyn kline Says:
    July 8th, 2006 at 4:51 amexhibitionism…hmmm… makadawat pa ko’s ksp nga word better than dat. however dependnt mn xa’s paggamit. remember meaning varies (possibly radically) upon the writer, the reader, and the dictionary.
    i blv the word’s a bit harsh to descryb this act of self expression. we blog coz we wnt to share (hope that someone shares) our sentimnts w/ us. basta! the word’s just not the ryt one.
13.  Charmaine Says:
    July 8th, 2006 at 8:56 ammu jed… wrong kaau ang word…^:)^
14.  kOuRty Says:
    July 17th, 2006 at 1:11 amsory na jud cham nag kamali ra to si u know.. hehe… impulsive ra to oi… nyahahaha. maybe wala xa kasuway ug blog.. iya mistake ato kay iya cguro gi generalize, cguro kay naay mga blogger na nag exhibtion nyahahahaha
15.  Charmaine Says:
    July 17th, 2006 at 9:49 ambtaw… i knw la jud to niya gi mean… la mn sad ko nasuko… im just trying to defend “US”… ahiihihi.. mga vlogers…^_^