Ramblings of a Southernbelle

Blogging Etiquette April 3, 2008

The other day I posted about a new web portal for women called Shine.  It was launched by yahoo.  I like the site and will continue to use it.  It is a nice alternative to Ivillage where I have been a member for years. I know that the rest of this post may piss off people who may read this but, I feel that it is worthy of getting out there. I have spent some time there and have increasingly noticed that the youner people will blog like they are texting or instant messaging their best friend.  Granted sometimes when I post something I will ocassionally let something slip through spellcheck but my blog posts do not look like i am texting or using instant messaging.   How many of you think that people on sites who blog should at least use proper english when blogging or the proper etiquette when posting? To me that would encompass not screaming or typing in caps.  The one thing I did notice about a recent post I read over at shine the individual who posted some YouTube Videos did not use proper english and also used upper and lower case in the title of the post.  I have no problem that they posted something or the fact it was a YouTube video as I love YouTube and can waste hours on the site.  I do not have a problem with them making a short post it does not have to be a novel.  What I do have the problem with is that the person chooses to blog like they are texting or instant messaging.  I tend to notice these things the more time I spend on places like shine or myspace or insert whatever social networking site you are a member of.  Am I wrong to want places like these to look nice?  I know I am rambling here but, this has bothered me today.  I know the alternative is not to read everything I see but, with new sites like shine or myspace popping up I like to see what peoples thoughts are and what kind of content that they put out there.