Why would someone blog? what’s the need? what is achieved thereof? I can’t put it in better words than Rebbeca Blood does. Quoting:
- …weblogs provide a valuable filtering function for their readers. The web has been, in effect, presurfed for them. Out of the myriad web pages slung through cyberspace, weblog editors pick out the most mind-boggling, the most stupid, the most compelling.
- Their [weblogs] sarcasm and fearless commentary reminds us to question the vested interests of our sources of information and the expertise of individual reporters as they file news stories about subjects they may not fully understand.
- The blogger, by virtue of simply writing down whatever is on his mind, will be confronted with his own thoughts and opinions.
- As he enunciates his opinions daily, this new awareness of his inner life may develop into a trust in his own perspective. His own reactions–to a poem, to other people, and, yes, to the media–will carry more weight with him.
Go on and read the entire essay: weblogs: a history and perspective. There is no point to quote all of it :-) She is excellent in this!
All in all, a blog is a quite interesting trip for everyone. No matter of the readers number. Just as a record of personal intellectual engagement.
