"his content or her content was hidden in his own blog, for his own followers. I doubt that could be ever found here."
I know this and I never said that. I also know rycharde and his views, I have enormous respect for him. I'm not talking about blogs being hidden.
We are all putting our thoughts and personal feelings on a public forum here. We are standing up and exposing our deepest thoughts for others to read and ENGAGE with us. The mute button (this new one) is like a performer going out on stage, say a comedian, and banning all hecklers. A comedian who did that wouldn't last 5 minutes in show business. If you can't take stick then you shouldn't be blogging. This is why we used to hide our journals under the mattress, even have a lock on them.
So this a public forum. For socializing. It's not the 3 wise monkeys.
OK, but in your example, that comedian would come to realise that muting part of the audience was a "bad idea" and starts to undo it. So a knee-jerk reaction may evolve into a more mature reaction. "grow up, brave it!" if one can - hence why in my response I added a "control lever" that no chain can control: one's own psychology.
Everyone has his own personal reason for blogging.
We don't have to talk to people we don't like to talk to. Or do we have to ?
No, we don't.
Some thrive on the drama, tho.
Some do thrive on the drama, this is true and in all walks of life. I for one learn a helluva lot from reading comments. For me it's like the discussion after a public presentation. The Q+A. What is social media and blogging without free and open discussion? It's a bit like jazz which I like to call musical masturbation.
It's socializing without the social.
It's just lizing.
Did anyone else notice blurt went down AGAIN shortly after this new move? I had over 1000$ worth of blurt a few months ago now it's under 400!! It just keeps going down the more blurt I add.