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aybalas question of whether blogs can be classified makes me wonder, should blogs be classified? whats the point of fitting blogs, like everything else into boxes.

in the 'real world' we force ourselves, more or less to categorize, to fit things into boxes so that we can better process information. but what we dont realize is that whilst fitting things into boxes we invariably put ourselves in one too. or should i say we put bits of ourselves in different boxes and choose which box to put on display and when. it also means that almost everyone we know fits into a neatly labled box.

and from what we spoke about in class, a blog is our escape from this world. yes we can post our thoughts on politics and the economy but people who post that are people for whom that is real. like people who post about personal details about their lives are people for whom that, more than anything else is real. and be it anonymous or not, its separated from the real world. its your place to construct yourself. why fit it into a category and therefore drag it into close proximity with the 'real world'?