Blogs seem to be sweeping the nation like disease on a bad piece of meat. Everyone seems to have a blog. You can have a blog related to sports where you can let everyone else know just how good the Golden State Warriors are compared to the rest of the NBA (Because they can't figure that out for themselves.) There are the always popular fashion blogs that range from the best in the world to that girl down the street that wears an eye patch as a fashion statement. Heck, even my wife got into blogging when she wanted to share her cooking talents and thoughts with people around her. And of course, there is always the classic, "Let me tell you about my life." blog that is a fan favorite.
I personally do not like blogging. Which is ironic as I am actually writing about my dislike for blogging on a blog. But hey, there is nothing you can do to stop me and I actually enjoy that part of blogging. So maybe there is a little clarification that needs to take place before I freak too many die-hard bloggers out of their cyber pants. Blogging in the sense of actually reading a blog has never interested me. It would be a safe estimation that I've read under 10 total blogs in my life that were not related to assignments in school. The reason is because thanks to other social media outlets there has been a sufficient amount of opinion and thought sharing going on for the past several years that I don't feel the need to go in and dig to find an opinion that is openly available to me in other areas of the internet that I already use. This lack of wanting to get more or deeper opinion most likely stems from the early blog reading experiences in my life and the short clips of blogs linked in from other websites.
Now that being said, sure I don't like to read blogs but I have no problem with people actually having a blog. Their opinions are their own and I enjoying having mine. I like being able to share my opinion when it doesn't endanger or hurt someone else and other should have the same privilege. There are positives that come out of blogging for those individuals. Jessica Knapp wrote a blog dedicated to the basics of blogging and using one of her basics I will expound on her thoughts. She talks how a blog can be used to make money. Having a blog, getting sponsors and getting a positive use out of blogging in this way is just as much of a job as other options out there. Some of these bloggers making money in this form are professional writers with great experience in the writing world. Other bring their own experience from a specific field and that is valuable information to those followers.
Another positive besides the potential money of blogging is the mental and stress relieving qualities. Scientific America does a better job of explaining it than I do but my little opinion is just how obvious it is that some people need to get things out. It is like my wife always says, "everyone just needs to go to counseling, not because they're crazy but to just talk through things."
http://www.bloggingbasics101.com/how-can-i-make-money-from-my-blog/
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-healthy-type/
Andrew Williams - Really good read. I like how you expressed you opinion on blogging and how it relates to you. I feel to many people are only focusing on how it affects others, rather then their own perspective.
ReplyDeleteReece- I really enjoyed your thoughts and opinions on blogging! I share some of the same thoughts you do in regards to blogging. Prior to this class I had not had my own blog nor did I read others blogs. However, I think that blogging could be a great outlet in the professional world and is something useful learning!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the post! I agree in that opinions are peoples own and I like having mine as well. Blogging is just another outlet to share opinions. It is amazing how many options there are out there. I didn't have a blog before as well but I am excited to see how I feel about them by the end of the semester.
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