There seems to be a lot of overlap between what you could put on Facebook and what you could put on a blog. Both can be personal. Both can contain your personal experiences and ideas, what you are doing and what interests you. In other words, both can be like diaries or diaries.
However, there are some obvious differences in the purpose of each activity. Facebook is more interactive and the audience is, well, your friends. With a blog, the web world is your potential audience, and your Facebook friends may not even know or read your blog. Your blog can also be interactive, as readers can comment on your posts and you can reply. But again, this interaction would likely be between you and a stranger rather than a friend. So there are, or may be, two different audiences.
There may be things that you would share with your friends on Facebook that you don’t want your blog audience to know. On the other hand, you may have thoughts or experiences that you are more comfortable sharing with strangers on your blog than you would be sharing it with your Facebook friends.
Finally, your blog must have a theme, a purpose. People must have a specific reason for wanting to visit and read your blog, be it informational, opinion, or business promotion. Your Facebook posts can be random, mundane, spontaneous, it doesn’t really matter because you are not trying to attract an audience, you are interacting with friends. So while there is the possibility of overlap between Facebook and blogs, it may be better to set limits and let your audience be your audience and your friends be your friends.
