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What makes blogging so popular, ask many. My answer; it finally let’s you act, rather than react.
Most activities on the net are reactions to some impulse.
- Get an e-mail; reply to it.
- Somebody buzzes you on Chat; you converse.
- Boss asks you to do a presentation; you check google/wikipedia for info; lagao it in the presentation
But when you are blogging, or a blogger, you are your own kickstarter. You take initiative to write something. You are for a change, ACTING, rather than reacting. You are CREATING. It let’s you play god/evolution. And that, to me, is why blogging is so popular and why it will continue to be so.
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September 13th, 2005 at 9:17 pm
Some blogs act, some react, while some simply act as catalysts
I agree with your theory though. A blog is a chance to get a train of thought started, rather than jumping onto a train that had already been running since a while.
September 13th, 2005 at 10:43 pm
blog is an excellent way to come out of the technical world for engg geek like me.
September 14th, 2005 at 5:19 pm
Hmm acting seems like just the tip of the iceberg. It is conceptualising(what do I write), contemplating(why am I writing this), scriptwriting(making it creative), editing(I don’t need to put this crap on my blog) and directing(do I need this font, this look and feel).
September 16th, 2005 at 2:13 am
freedom of expression..
September 17th, 2005 at 4:14 pm
Well said, blog is to be a creative act. Action taken with anybody’s complusion…is Nature. I agree with you.
September 17th, 2005 at 4:14 pm
Well said, blog is to be a creative act. Action taken without anybody’s complusion…is Nature. I agree with you.
September 17th, 2005 at 4:43 pm
And I would like to see how many blogs are entirely creative/original stream of thought/no inspirations – no books, films, music, promotion of software etc… They are inspired by something – news item, another blog entry, i.e. they are similar to a presentation, albeit in a not-so-formal manner. It’s not the act of playing God. Once again reacting/responding to a piece of information that’s caught up with a person. IMHO the real reason why blogging is popular is to present one’s opinion on even the silliest of things, and still having some people to agree to it. People find it really supportive when someone says, “You are absolutely right”, which doesn’t always happen in the real world.
September 18th, 2005 at 7:48 am
Krithika:
You are absolutely right!
True, there are blogs that respond to different stimuli. But the final decision, whether or not to react to such stimuli is taken actively by a blogger. An email by nature demands a reply. A chat conversation is the same. But when you are blogging, you decide to write about a book you read or not. You are not forced to do either.
Besides, I know a lot of blogs which keep well away from books, movies or others…