What does your blog reveal about you? Is it your preference to remain anonymous or do you prefer to claim your fame in the blogosphere? Is it even possible to be publicly private?

Blogs are typically written in the first person narrative, thus inviting the audience to establish a relationship with the blogger. As a blog develops, themes emerge. Interests are exposed through the writing and choice of subject matter. The voice of the blogger becomes familiar. The audience begins to form an impression of who the blogger is. The design of the blog, color-font-layout, all paint a visual of the personality of the blogger. The use of images, illustrations and photographs reveal the intimate work of a blogger.

Meredith Badger’s paper Visual Blogs, published in Into the Blogosphere: Rhetoric, Community and Culture of Weblogs explores the use of imagery in blogs and how information about the blogger is revealed, knowingly or unknowingly. An interesting read.

How do bloggers maintain a degree of separation from the audience while building an online community?