In correlation to what we have been discussing about in class this week, I thought about how the internet connects individuals to the world by opinions and how they choose to express these opinions.
Although I am not a big blogger, I do follow one blog that is very well known in “The Sims” community. Needless to say I suppose, but I’m a huge “The Sims” fan. Because of this I tend to read articles and blogs from fellow fans. This one blog in particular is my favorite and I trust it whole-heartedly because of how the blogger portrays the facts to its audience. This is what I want to discuss in my short blog for this week – what makes this blogger’s blog trust worthy to me. I believe that passion in what a blogger is writing about is definitely important, however, if there are two sides to the blog’s topic it can only be trustworthy if it presents irrefutable proof along with their opinions versus only presenting their opinions. In other words, everyone can have an opinion but for an opinion to be persuadable it needs to have proof of some kind. Of course, since the proof is presented online it does stand the chance of being forged…
The blogger that I trust most in “The Sims” community goes by the name “Coconut”. He or She has decided to remain anonymous but none the less tries to bring the “truth” about TSR (The Sims Resource) – a Sims money mongrel community – to the otherwise free Sims community. Long story short, Coconut, among fellow vigilantes have decided to voice their opinions about TSR to the open sims community. However, unlike the other vigilantes, Coconut actually uses different types of proof – such as written messages and e-mails from TSR.
In connection with the class discuss, I believe that the internet and various blogging sites allows people to connect by being able to anonymously or publicly blog about their ideas.
Here is Coconut’s Hut (His/Her Blog) if you’re interested in checking it out:
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