Yesterday, I tripped across Are You, You? from Casual Friday Everyday, I found the content intriguing, thought provoking and good but I wanted to dig a bit further into this idea of censoring yourself.

Of course on my “All is Me” personal blog I let my hair down and speak straight from the gut, nothing is sacred on my personal stuff. Do I think about what I am going to write? Yes. Do I censor it? No. Have I thought about censoring it? Absolutely, for the one reason of religious friends, I have a lot who hate the way I speak when I get overly excited, but do know my love for the Creator and accept me for me…but my online religious friends may not get that, however, decision stands I am who I am, my blog expresses that.

You see, that’s a personal blog though.

What I am immensely pondering at the moment is do you throw out amazing ideas because of the subject on your blog sites? I know I have. I have posted beautifully written posts about how people do not place Google ads neatly are the first thing you see and have to scroll forever for the content or have 5% content 15% design 80% Google Ads. Not that I worried about who was placing them in that manner being upset, I thought what if people who do use them in a strategic way think I am talking about them? So deleted it after a day. Question is should have I? In my writing I referenced sites that used them beautifully and strategically and have openly shared what percent of their income came from using it. It certainly was a great piece to learn from but I censored myself.

The fact that I share my personal thoughts about being a working mom from home here, I really don’t have to censor it as if I was solely looking to inform people. How-to Articles are appropriate on informational blogs and sites. This is a somewhat personal blog sharing thoughts, ideas,  issues about me both with writing and working at home so it was appropriately written for this kind of site. A speck of censoring should be applied  here as it does reach a vast majority more than my “All is Me” personal blog. Yet, like I stated I deleted it.

I do see others posting in forums and blogs there raw thoughts, blunt yet very elegant on issues at hand and have very professional business attitude on there business sites that’s how it should be!

How often do you not post something, even if it’s relevant for the blog itself, well written and doesn’t finger point but is your observation, backed up with great information? I have! I should have!

How often do you choose happy, happy joy, joy all people friendly posts instead of maybe conquering a subject, not saying something controversial or even a bit rantastic but maybe something that is different that you think your readers might not get but you’d love to write about?

Share your thoughts here and give a read to the post that inspired this one @ Are You, You?