I thought this article was really interesting for a number of reasons. I love reading blogs and usually read them as if I were reading a book...starting at the begining and reading all the way through to the most current entry.
I came across a blog a year or so that really capivated me. It was a mother's journey through a difficult pregnancy. I read and read and read and looked forward to when her baby would be born. I was super compelled by her story and felt heartbroken when her daughter was born premature. He daughter survived the odds and was generally healthy...until one day completely unexpected she died of an unrelated illness to prematurity. I was immediately heart broken and felt for the family. The woman continued to blog and even now, after a year of her first daughters death I read her blog as she writes about her new baby girl. If I found out it was all fake and she still had two alive and healthy daughters (or none at all), I would definitely be angry!
After reading the article about "Kaycee" and her blogged death which turned out to be fake I was immediately angry. I mean...without even really knowing these people you really get attached to their stories. It was interesting to read about online hoaxes because for all we know, almost anything online could be a lie.We learned about online representations on social networks so why not make up a different life via the blog world?
All in all I thought it was a really good article especially because I read so many blogs....like I said...for all I know the blogs I read could be entirely made up...
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