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January 23, 2005
Blogging 101 - Why Do We Blog?
By QBlog in Blogging 101
In a past issue of Blogging 101 I provided some of the practical reasons that people blog.
- Simple.
- Free.
- Control.
- Community.
- Voice.
The list is obviously incomplete but it gives a general glimpse of why blogging has become such an attactive publishing tool. However, aside from the practical reasons for blogging there are the all-important personal reasons for blogging. And there inevitably comes a time when every serious blogger must answer the question "Why Do I Blog?"
Why Do We Blog? Why Do You Blog? Why Do I Blog? Such self-reflective questions certainly aren't unique to blogging but the answers often reveal a great deal about ourselves, our motivations and perspectives.
I spent some time on Google searching for others who've tried to answer the "Why Do We Blog?" question. Here's some of what I found:
Sandhill Trek: Why Do We Blog?
"...Because doing cc: world was cooler and more leveraged than doing cc: (some finite group of people). it's still like that. I literally see blogging as emailing to everybody."
"obviously, the same way that people do anything they aren't paid for for a lot of reasons. I have always been a politics junkie. Well, no, I have always been an argument junkie -- if I couldn't argue about politics, I doubt I would be as interested in it. I started the blog in part to hopefully improve my writing skills, but mostly for the fun of having the arguments."
Sons of Mosiah: Why Do We Blog?"A chance to 'check' myself. I have certain beliefs and interpretations of Gospel principles that may be unlike anyone else's. Now, I could just ask my wife what she thinks of my way of interpretation. But she thinks in the same way I do!"
"It gives me the strange pleasure of being known to new people..."
Greg Robinson's Blog - Why do we blog... hmmm... really?
"A personal blog is one of the most flexible forms of content management for capturing knowledge, in my opinion. It's easy to post an idea without having to waste a lot of time organizing it."
So there you have it, a few examples of people answering the "Why Do We Blog?" question. Why do you blog?
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Comments
I'm a pinko commie bastage and I'm such a broke loser in life. I Blog to stop other ppl succeeding as it kills me!
I laugh when some one fails and cry when some one succeed. My doctor has warned me several time I might get cancer from hating Quixtar, but if I get cancer, I'll get social security. Thats what I'm shooting for.
I like blogging because I can speak my mind and get other peoples opinions and start discussions. Mainly I just find it alot of fun.
Because if I didn't have the release, I'd climb to the top of a tall building with a deer rifle, and....
Posted by: Len Cleavelin | January 23, 2005 1:32 PM