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I think what is going to be key for me is to have a blog that can evolve in it's purpose and message. So it would be helpful to be able to have tiered privacy settings, public and personal. I would like to go to a website that allows these tiered privacy settings to blog. I know for blogger you can simply unpublish posts or save them as drafts. That might be good enough for me. I think it's hard to take the blogging thing seriously. I just want to use it as a way to make friends but I am uncomfortable with the practice of data harvesting.

I think I'm strongest writing about feminism but I'm not writing at a professional level. I only have about 2 years of college. I do feel like it's hard to truly be creative or tap into something real in this climate of survielance culture online. So whatever I write online, I like it to feel public and not personal. If I feel like I am revealing my truest or best vulnerable self I tend to just stay away from the platforms.

I think what would be easiest would be to start the creation of content offline for privacy reasons. It is extremely hard to be to be focused without knowing I am speaking to a specific audience, or without having an audience in mind. I'm having some racing thoughts as well.

Does anyone here have multiple blogs of a personal and private nature? Has anyone experienced personal fulfillment and making true or deep friendships on blogs? What are your topics for blogs?

Anything but facebook. Putting a lot of energy into facebook is toxic. I repeatedly keep getting banned for things that are not really appropriate to be banning for. I find it difficult sometimes on facebook to connect deeply or meaningfully. I think with blogs if you can find someone who is interested in what you write you can really connect deeply with them and share that connection back and forth of interest in another's writing.

Anyone want to be friends online? What type of stuff do you like to see on blogs and social media? How do you make friends and spark people's interest? Time management and meeting my own basic needs is hard. I can't really afford hobbies, a camera, etc. I don't have any savings. My funds are so limited I struggle to find anything to do in my recreation time.