Social or Individual?

I believe writing is both social and individual. It is social in fact that when someone writes a book or a magazine article, it will be read by the general public or is intended for the public to read. Also, with this being a technological era, I find that more people write on the internet for the public to see. Websites that facilitate such writings are Facebook, Myspace, Blogger.com, and a million other similar sites. One of the main features of Facebook and Myspace is that you can post a status and it will show up on everyones homepage. In addition to the status update, you can also post a blog, which would show up on your profile and anyone of your friends can read it. Writing as an individual practice, in my opinion, means writing by yourself. An example of such would be someone writing a book to be published but when they"re actually writing, it is most likely by themselves. Another interesting fact is that when you post updates or blogs on social websites, you are almost always by yourself which is quite ironic. This goes along the lines of the video we watched at the end of class on friday saying that being on a social network is actually desocializing our society.