If you’re a blogger, do your friends and family know you write? Do they follow your site and show their support, maybe even leaving a like or comment occasionally? Or do you prefer not to tell them, making your blog something only for yourself and a side of your life they’re not a part of?

This was the subject of conversation in a channel on The Support Role Discord server recently after someone suggested connecting on LinkedIn. Another member responded by explaining how they keep their online persona and real-life very separate: although they’re happy to share what’s going on in the real world, they prefer to leave out details which could be used to easily make the link. Several others then echoed the same sentiment and revealed they keep their blogging and real selves apart.

At first I was quite surprised by this. Blogging is usually a very…