If our blogs were the id section of Sigmund Freud's theory of the psyche, then they would definitely be a lot less "polished". Freud classifies the id as the area that contains basic human needs and impulses. The id does not worry about anything other than instant gratification. For the most part, the id is something that humans try to suppress. If our blogs were made up of strictly the id part of us, then they would be a lot more impulsive, without much thought for the repercussions of what we might be writing. They would simply be an example of whatever we were thinking in the moment. Tumblr is more like the id. Its full of basic human needs. You don't have to search very hard on Tumblr to find something to do with food or sex.
The ego however, represents what may be called reason and common sense, in contrast to the id, which contains the passions. If our blogs were made up of the ego part of us, they would still be about fulfilling what you need, however the content would be a little more polite. Those basic human impulses would be a little more managed.
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