So here I am at Hofstra, and I am blogging. Writing online makes me feel...

So here I am at Hofstra, and I am blogging. Writing online makes me feel.…
So self-conscious for the simple reason that it is online. The internet is accessible to nearly anyone, meaning anyone could read this blog. My audience has grown to a size I have never had before. There is no more privacy when writting on this blog, really, anyone can read this.
This obviously isn’t the first time I have written online before. Facebook allows things to be read by simply signing in and scrolling down a page. I knowingly write things in Facebook that I'm sure are being read by numerous people.
The difference between this blog and Facebook is that I don’t type my homework on Facebook. I’m adjusted to the privacy that normally comes with an assignment, where your work is kept between the teacher and the student. This large audience that I now have feels overbearing and intrusive. The language you use in a paper for a class is normally pretty different from the language used online. I write in a formal diction for my school assignments, whereas online I have a more relaxed tone. Slang words and immproper grammer are acceptable. Now that these two mediums are being mixed (acedemic work online), I must say that blogging is uncomfortable. I find myself checking over my work meticulously with the awareness that more than just one person will read this. The backspace key is being hit more than any other key on this keyboard.
I prefer the paper and pen to the keyboard. I’ve never been stressed to handwrite an essay, note, or letter. Yet, I find my email piles up, text messages rarely replied to, and I dread writing my blog. I don't know why there is such a profound difference to me; maybe it has something to do with this whole privacy thing. I know that whenever I send my mom an email, not to be surprise when it gets forwarded to the entire family. For that reason, writing online changes the language of what you are writing. It’s less personal, as you never know how many people come across it. When writing online, I am less likely to share a strong opinion, as I know there will be people with a differing opinion reading it. I am undoubtedly a faithful pen and paper person.
I know there are people who are devote bloggers and online readers. But I honestly don’t understand the appeal. It’s sad that we are moving rapidly into the digital age, and that soon enough there will be no newspapers and the journal will be taken over by the blog. Yet, here I am at Hofstra, blogging. We will see how this goes.