It's Not Ink on Paper

This business of writing for electronic media becomes more interesting each day!

Badger mentioned some differences between diary writing and blogging, which reminded me that I never felt comfortable writing in a diary. The very chance that my words would be exposed and out of my control was petrifying. (I think I've mentioned before that I come from a very private family.) So, why is it not as frightening to consider blogging my personal thoughts and sharing my digital images over the World Wide Web? Is it because I can change my entries or create new sites in real time and somehow feel that what I wrote before has been erased (even though an original copy may be in cyberspace forever thanks to Wayback Machine)? Do I feel a false sense of control because of password protections and domain rights?

Electronic writing seems different because it is not forever inked on paper. What is written for the Web can be altered at any time. I'm not saying that's a good thing, but would it be helpful to understand why some people are more prone to write online than on paper?