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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Bloggers and influencer are narcissists. In order to satisfy their need for praise and attention they exploit their marriages, children, and all personal relationships. Such a sad life. Caring more about strangers on the Internet than the real people in their lives. [/quote]

That's a very superficial take. Bloggers ran the whole spectrum of humanity. [/quote]

They do, but….

There are bloggers who provide material content. Recipes. Home decorating/repair information/tutorials. Hair or makeup tutorials. Information about travel.

Turning your (and your family’s) life into your content does prove that you think your life is valuable for other people to spectate. And if you want life spectators… you’ve got some narcissistic tendencies. [/quote]

Isn’t it more complicated than that?  Lots of writers have written about their lives and families without being reviled now as narcissists (Laura Ingalls Wilder, Emily Dickinson, Joan Didion, Dave Barry).  I think it’s more about what you say and how you say it than choosing to write about your own life in itself.

David Sedaris got in trouble with fans ten years ago after his sister, who had become estranged from him after he wrote about her and who suffered from mental illness, committed suicide and he wrote about their relationship.  Fans were divided over whether her life was fair game after her death.  Writers have hit these boundaries before about respecting the private lives of others around them.

I think we know better now not to put our kids into our lives online, but we didn’t all really know that when the Internet was a baby.  Some kinds of social media now that are focused on the person as a “brand” seem weird.  I wouldn’t do that with my life, and that seems more narcissist to me than a mom writing about today’s sandbox fight, but what do I know?[/quote]

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