Why do people blog?

What are blogs anyway? Who in their right minds would post their thoughts and feelings online, for the rest of the world to see? Does blogging serve any purpose at all?

Well, the answers vary from person to person. For example, this anonymous poster on my blog feels that it is a complete waste of time.

Anonymous Coward said:

This whole blogging thing according to me is a waste. People will be excited in the beginning and then slowly the task about writing everything you are doing will kind of be another burden in one’s already busy life!

Maybe according to you it’s a waste, but it’s not according to me. The only path here is to elaborate the pro’s and cons. Scroll down to get the pros and cons.

Anything new, you are obsessed with. It’s only natural that people are excited in the beginning and sober down a bit later. Few people quit blogging cause it doesn’t serve their purposes. This is a rational move and I have nothing against this. Few others start to blog in a mature way about more interesting things.

I am also of the opinion that instead of just blogging about what you are doing, it would also be interesting to post about what you learnt from your experiences. I know I haven’t been doing that, but I intend to change that.

BTW, I take the time out to blog by not watching any TV.

Pros:

• Your friends and family can keep track of what you are doing.
• It’s a medium through which you can went your frustrations, thus your blog saves you the hassle of looking for a human being to apply the “Law of Conservation of Frustration”.
• It’s also a medium to get creative with your writing.
• You can keep track of what you wanted to do over a period of time. For example:
  • “5 months ago, I wanted to do this.”
  • “My thinking an year ago was very immature compared to now.”

  Think of it as a online diary, but with comments…now isn’t that cool?

• It’s a good way to communicate with the rest of the world about what you think. If you write interesting stuff, people respond. Sometimes good, sometimes bad!

Cons:

• Takes a bit of time initially to get used to, you end up checking on your blog for comments all the time.
• Your entire thoughts are open to the people who use the internets! But hey, that is a choice you made when you started blogging.
• You might get bored.
• You might think your life is not worth writing about!

I can’t think of anything else right now. I’ve been in front of a computer for over 8 hours now trying to finish writing the lab manuals. Looks nowhere near completion. Sigh…

P.S : To Anonymous Coward(s). Atleast sign with your name so that I don’t have to whois you to find out who you are. Please, I insist!