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While I like the idea of blogs doing the work for us in finding jobs, I also worry that as the dialogue within the blogs become more widely accepted, the internet will begin to become bland. The extreme opinions and thoughts presented on blogs add color to the world and reminds me how different people can be. If people feel as though they cannot write their true thoughts on the internet, postings will become bland. If you are applying to a job within an IT department of a company, the employers should not care about a crazy weekend you had with your friends in college. What is the world without extreme points of view? If we truly watch what we say on our blogs in order not to hurt anyones feelings or disagree with a potential employer, then political debates wouldn't even be able to be posted. Yes, I know, maybe I am taking this to the extreme. However, if you think about it, a simple post about a political candidate could hurt you for getting a job if it disagrees with the potential employers thoughts on the subject. As we become more and more aware of what we are posting on the web the information will become bland.

American History textbooks are a great example of how being too careful can hurt. As people become more political about the textbooks, the publishers have to attempt to please everyone. The textbooks cannot make the United States look bad and cannot sway too much to the left or the right of the political spectrum. Everything inside textbooks must be 100% PC. Children are learning only parts of American History and not the full story. They are told what to think instead of having both sides presented and being allowed to make their own decision on the matter.


Just as textbooks are leaving out important info due to censoring, so will the internet if we try too hard to appease everyone. Having opinions and voicing them is not always a bad thing. If there could just be a way where people can present their ideas freely on the internet as well as use it for career and job purposes. For now, we have to post anonymous blogs without any trace of ourselves attached.



http://www.historytextbooks.org/senate.htm