SWA #4

Both blogging and updating a Facebook page are great ways to inform people about your life, but I feel like Facebook is more of a social situation rather than a rhetorical situation. Most of the writing done on a Facebook page is done by other people rather than by the author themselves. On a blog, the author does the majority of the writing. With Facebook, there is little you can find on someone’s page that inspires argument or change. To me, Facebook sometimes seems like nothing more than a glorified chat room. Don’t get me wrong, I love Facebook and how it allows me to keep in touch with all of my friends just as much as the next college student. If I really wanted people to read my opinions, I would put them on a blog and encourage them to leave comments about what I wrote. A blog is constantly changing with new posts and comments left by others. While a Facebook page also changes with the comments left by people, these comments are usually just shout-outs to the person who created the page or an update on how someone is doing.
Blogging on the other hand requires some thought and can spark debate much better than a Facebook page can. The author of the blog takes the time and energy to write a specific post and wouldn’t do so if that topic didn’t matter to them. They expect comments about what they have written instead of a few words from a friend talking about a recently posted picture. With a blog, the author can truly express how they feel about certain topics through their posts instead of by joining a group or cause on Facebook.