Since blogging started, I have always asked myself this fundamental question: Why do people wanna blog? What makes people wanna write all their feelings and thoughts into an online diary to let the whole world see??
Nonono, diary is different from blogging. I shouldn't even call a blog an online diary because a diary is a very very, extremely personal belonging. It sometimes record the most intimate aspect of a person's feelings and thoughts and these are things that the writer feel close to and only the writer has the right to read its content. A diary is in fact a storage of a person's memory of his/her past, to remind him/her of the things that he/she did and how he/she felt then.
On the other hand, a blog which is a part of the world wide web, is in actual fact an advertising platform for people who wishes either to seek attention or to gain recognition. Search for any blogs online and you will see that most blogs are decorated and its content added in such a way so that people will be wanting to know more. It is nothing like what I have described a diary to be in the previous paragraph.
Since they are seeking attention, I just don't get it why some people wanna voice their personal feeling online and yet when people gave some comments that they disagree to, they would have a feeling of betrayal or disgust. When you start a blog, isn't your purpose some how to attract people's attention, to make known your feelings to the whole world and to let people comment on what you write? I think that most people are just not ready to accept facts that they know is true but is just different from their ideals, they are just not ready to accept criticisms.
Some people have been asking me to start a blog so that I can pen my feelings. Frankly, sometimes I was really tempted and had the urge to want to join the blogosphere. But I still came to the decision not to do so and rejected that idea. Because I still do not feel comfortable letting everyone read about my thoughts, things that i hold dear. If I have somthing that I want to tell, I would do it the old fashion way, through telephone or better, in person.
But some would ask why am I then writing a blog entry criticising blogging? The reason is very simple, I am very bored at 2312 hrs and just could not find anything interesting to do so I am writing something to attract your attention. Another reason will be because there haven't been an entry into our class blog for months and it is starting to rot. Thus I am just trying to clear up the cob webs and vacuum the dust.
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