So many people are now into online journals/weblogs. It seems to be the latest and quickest growing trend in the endless Internet community. Wether you're a teenager in high school and you want to let all of your friends know about the cute guy that you met over the weekend, or you love to stand over an over and you love new, spicy recipies, weblogs provide communication for everyone, for any reason imaginable.
I have been a member of the LiveJournal community for a year and a half now. In that time, I have posted 587 entries and am a member of 12 communities, so I would say that I would have a good idea about blogging in general.
For me, weblogs are my way of staying in touch with friends who aren't that close to me, as well as the ability to exchange ideas at the click of a mouse. I don't have many friends in the area, and coupled with my extreme shyness, it makes it difficult for me to go anywhere. Weblogs, as pathetic as this may sound, somewhat fill that simple void in my life. I'm able to catch the events of my friends lives who aren't in the immediate area, which to me is important, and I miss most of them terrible since my move. I can also be enlightened on other's positions of reality and relativism, conveniently in the comfort of my own "Friends" page.
I believe that weblogs offer so much to their users. If you're a math geek, there's a place for you. Maybe you want news on what's going on in your city? There's going to be a community for that as well. Or maybe simply you're looking for love. Well, yes, you can find that too.
Everybody has their own reasonings to this overwhelming popular service. And, chances are, you probably have a weblog too, for whatever purpose you use it for. The value for anybody and everybody is there, and it's for this reason that I've been so drawn into this, and can't see myself abandoning it for a while to come.
Posted by genericwhiteboy at February 12, 2003 05:27 PM | TrackBack