Rita's Question Answered!

By no means did I ask that question from a weighted opinionated point of view.  I just stated it that way to give you a clear argument. :) Thank you everyone for answering!!!! 

The following are answers I was given on note cards from my class:

I feel that everyone wants a little taste of being published.  People want their ideas out for everyone to know and the Internet is fast and easy.  Sometimes people say things just to say something not thinking at all.

I don't think most people who post on the Internet don't want their writing to be found - in fact I think the exact opposite.  Online blogs are a way to reach out to people anywhere and everywhere; if the "shy" writer didn't want anyone to find their work, they'd keep a diary or private journal.

I think that sometimes a writer's initial thoughts change, therefore their words change.  The Permanence is the final stage of putting down concrete thoughts.  The changeability can be viewed as editing.  Replacing some ideas with newer ones may provide better insight.  Once the writer is done, the thoughts are set for good. 

I think that more people would rather publish/post something that can be changed at their discretion rather than write on something permanent. It also has to do with their desire to want to switch to different mediums of writing, and some people would rather write something and be able to change it rather than it being permanent. 

Perhaps people like posting their thoughts online because there us a lack of ownership.  Online, it is easy to post whatever you like without taking responsibility. 

I think writers are afraid to make their thoughts permanent.  With different experiences peoples opinion changes something people write, people find offensive.  There is also a lot of peer editing around where people can give comment on what they should add or take out. 

I think that forms of changeable text have become available for a few reasons; one, today's society is ever-changing, and the changeable texts go along with it, two, there is a newer satisfied desire for instant gratification, so authors may be hard pressed to simply get something out to the public, and there, I think as ideas change, writers may want to go back.