Wednesday, February 4, 2015
Response to "Why We Blog"
This article's purpose, obvious by title, is to see why people blog. Different people blog for different reasons. The people who may not like communication may blog to find a way to express their feelings or thoughts to someone else; people may use blogs to vent about their lives. Blogs are one-way communication. You could express anything you wanted to and not have to deal with a reaction or consequences. Blogs are a great place to express your feelings, dislikes, opinions, criticisms, and the occasional positive outlook on things, because chances are, no one is going to read them. Even if people read your blog about how a girl named Mildred made you mad this morning in class, you don’t have to deal with whatever that reader is feeling or thinking, unless they know you personally and come up to you and complain.
Blogs aren’t always used for personal posts; they can be used for community forums to keep people up-to-date on everything they need to know about what’s going on. There could be posts on the blog discussing anything from the latest town hall meeting to a fundraising event at a local elementary school. Blogs can be used for people to talk about politics and world issues as well. Pretty much all blogging is opinionated because it isn’t controlled or regulated by anyone.
Blogging may be a good way to let off steam if you are too afraid to tell someone to their face they are pissing you off or making your life hard to live, but I don’t see it being used for the right thing. If blogs could have a way to be more of a two-way communication, have more readership, and talk about things other than what you ate for breakfast, they could be used to debate with no fear and maybe solve issues.
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I agree that sometimes blogs don't seem to be substantial. It always seems that bloggers write about things that they may care about when no one else really cares about it at all. I'm totally with you when you say that blogs should somehow be more of a two-way communication thing where bloggers write about issues that a wide range of people care about and that is meaningful or has purpose. People could debate online, like you said, which may be a safe way to solve problems. However, if these people hide behind their computer screens and don't live out their lives according to their beliefs/ideas, I would say that blogging is really only for oneself.
ReplyDeleteI agree as well. I think many times people are able to use blogs as a tool to hide behind a "technology" wall. It is easy to lie or hold things because when you are not having face to face, interpersonal communication. Blogging can be a harmless thing, but when it is used to talk about something or someone it becomes dangerous.
ReplyDeleteI honestly think that blogs are dead as a social medium, but perhaps they will make a comeback depending upon what people younger than us do with the internet. In the long run it's up to them what they do with it. If they decide to make it a two way street and create a community with their blogging experience whether it be on blogger or on youtube or some other platform it will determine the longevity of the art of blogging.
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