QotW - Blogging

[Eru]

What do you think of blogging? Do you have a blog? Do you read blogs? Have you ever heard of blogs?

Here's my blog if anyone is interested - not too profound though - mcdlt777.blogspot.com

[Elanor]

I think blogs are way out of hand. Every person capable of turning on a computer seems to be doing it, often without ANYTHING worthwhile to say. But I guess it is a way of keeping tabs on people you know far away..
elanor

[Lomadia]

Not only do people infrequently have much to say, but they often say too much that they shouldn't. As a prospective college student, I've been hearing much about admissions officers visiting applicants' blogs and finding rather sordid details about their lives. Also, a student at my school was asked to leave in December because of hate speech he had posted on his blog that targeted members of our community.
On the other side of the spectrum, political analysts say that in the 2004 United States elections, bloggers played a huge part in keeping the public informed about candidates, party conventions, and other aspects of the campaigns.
I don't visit blogs myself, nor do I keep one, partly because I have so little time for one and partly because that culture doesn't interest me. However, I also realize that for friends and family who live far away, it's a great way to keep in touch (in fact, I considered starting a blog for this very reason). But many bloggers need to be more mindful of the fact that blogs are a public space which can be accessed by foes as easily as by friends.

[Elanor]

Yes, I agree about bloggers not always being careful enough. For me, personally I don't think I have enough interesting things to say

[Eru]

Several blogging places offer privacy. For example you can set up MSN Space so only people on your contact list can read and respond.

I find blogs as one of the interesting ways to keep up with what's going on in the world and culture in general. I have learned some more about my hubby from the things he writes in his blog and then we are able to talk about it later. We also talk about things we are going to put in our blogs to get feedback from each other.

I think there are extremes blogging, but there are some good ones out there; it's just a matter of finding them - which can be too time consuming. I started with a topic I was interested in and when a find a couple blogs I liked, I checked out some of the blog links they had and developed quite a list of blogs I like to read. I tend not to stick with blogs which don't have a place for me to comment though. I want at the least the opportunity to talk to them.

Anyway just some of my thoughts.

[Lady of Light]

I like blogging! It's a way to know what's going on in your friends lives without having to call them or email them all the time.

Here's my two:

www.xanga.com/HanBeth
ladyoflight22.livejournal.com/

I don't really use the second one that much...it was my first blog. Then when all my friends got xanga...I thought I would get one of those too. So now live journal gets a little forgotten.

~Lady of Light