Comments on: Blogging revolution

By: Graham

Graham — Tue, 05 Jul 2005 06:47:27 +0000

Blogging is redefining, and re-establishing the concept of community which is disintergrating amongst neighbours, and areas… but online, people are connecting, communicating, learning, and sharing in a way they never did before.

All hail the blog!

By: Pia

Pia — Mon, 04 Jul 2005 14:29:14 +0000

Thanks all. I used to think that I blogged to clear my mind so that I could get out all the clutter and write totally linear wonderful articles for publication.

Then blogging became its own reward. Only it doesn’t pay the bills!

So I won’t be blogging on Bring it on! (Regular rotation, can’t seem to stay away from the sidebar) for the summer as I try to write two books–one a memoir on being adopted and loving and adoring my adoptive family—it seems so stupid to call them that as they’re my “real family”

I met my birth mother who is a very nice woman but wasn’t my mother.

Blogging has given me the confidence to know I can be as un politically correct as I want about adoption, and there will be a market for it.

And many people really really like my totally non linear essays. thank you! I will try to make them more linear because publishing people like that–but you’ve all shown me that people will read me–linear or not!

Trine’s comment isn’t scary; the video is scarier than hell

By: ken grandlund

ken grandlund — Mon, 04 Jul 2005 06:40:17 +0000

i blog to clear my mind. i blog to see if others feel as i do. i blog to find out if i’m crazy or sane. i blog because i can.

By: Terry Jones

Terry Jones — Mon, 04 Jul 2005 02:40:31 +0000

I think blogging may be the last part of the web that the multinationals really can’t do anything about. These days there’s not much question about where people are going to buy stuff. There’s not much point in setting up an online store specifically to sell something. Just post it on ebay. Well, there are some exceptions, but not a lot. And most of those belong to the big corporations or the people selling stuff to them. BTW, what was supposed to be scary about Trine’s post? The Supreme Court deciding recently that cities can seize your land and give it to someone else…now *that’s* scary.

By: Random Personae

Random Personae — Sun, 03 Jul 2005 16:17:05 +0000

Blogging is a further extension of the quality of internet content. Most of it is pure crap, but there are jems if you look for them. It is important that we view blogs with a critical eye, as the information they present does not have to go through the useual editorial fact-checking process for news.

I try to stick with opinion to avoid this problem…I also try to stay away from personal stuff of the “I got up, ate breakfast, and spent the rest of the day trying to like myself” variety.

By: Iris

Iris — Sun, 03 Jul 2005 13:28:46 +0000

I just discovered your blog through blog Explosion, I really enjoy your writing. THis was a great post and gave me something to think about. I think blogging is a way for people to open up about their lives and share their experiences. You put yourself out there, and give other’s a glimpse into your life. It can be scary, and sometimes I’m uncertain whether or not it’s truly such a good idea. But it’s also rewarding because you get to peer into other’s people’s lives. Sometimes you read something that makes you feel less alone in your own situation. That can be comforting. But you’re right, it’s a good idea not to become TOO absorbed in it.

By: Becky

Becky — Sun, 03 Jul 2005 12:06:24 +0000

As a transvestite, I used to use a lot of message boards and forums to meet people like me and form communities of support. Forums like Yahoo Groups are such rigid forms, and transgenered people are such a varied group. that no real sense of community could form. With blogging, I’ve found that ties form between like-minded individuals. Instead of having one-size-fits-all communities where we’re expected to gather, we each have our own, personal, overlapping communities based around the blogs we read and contribute to.

Blogging has been a paradigm shift in the way I use the net.

By: exogenous

exogenous — Sun, 03 Jul 2005 10:56:19 +0000

Love your site, came here via blogexplosion. everyone on earth could have a blog and the medium would still be fresh, continually reinvents itself.

By: joe

joe — Sun, 03 Jul 2005 07:49:48 +0000

blogging is unbelieveably special for me.

i hope these comments by ur readers provide backup. they do for me!

i’ve met people i admire who read my blog and emailed me! i NEVER expected that.

when i was 16 years old i called a talk radio show and told the host (ira fistell) that based on books, magazines and other historical data, the world is losing the art of conversation. blogging has certainly revolutionized the art of conversation.

great topic!!!!!!!

By: weirsdo

weirsdo — Sun, 03 Jul 2005 06:07:48 +0000

Like Trine, I fear corporatization. But it’s hard to imagine how that could kill ALL the independent niches. I really like the democratic nature of blogging and the genuine interactivity now.