A consequence of social media

Today I spotted a blog writer whose blog I have followed for a long time. It stroke me how much I know about her without actually knowing her. I have my own interpretation of who she is based on what she has chosen to put out to the blogging community. First I was going to go up to her and tell her that I follow her blog and like her writing. But something stopped me. Wrong place, wrong time. Or may be the imbalance made me uncomfortable. A feeling of having read somebody's diary without them knowing.