This is my blog. I usually write in it twice a week. According to Cyberjournalist.net on July 31, 2006, Technorati tracked its 50 millionth blog. That means that I am one of 50 million. That is a lot; not very good odds for me. I have a measly 266 page views, which although seems like a lot leaves me slightly dejected knowing how many views other blogs are receiving. If you are reading this blog YOU are one of 266, so congratulations. Hey! You have better odds than me, so you can feel more special than I do. With two blogs created each second, I am glad that you picked mine instead of the other one that was just created. What confuses me is, why?
Why do we all go online pouring out our thoughts, feelings, and ideas into a package for the rest of the inter-web to see? Do we feel that it is some sort of confessional, or is it simply a chance to make our mark on the world? For all we know, the next religion could be created off of a prophet’s blog (Okay, now if you are creating a religion off of me I will be very flattered, but a little creeped out. Please let me know though.) It’s as if creating a blog will allow us to join this greater movement. Those 266 people who read my blog were subjected to MY opinion. In makes me feel special.
Blog’s are a funny thing. They give people a chance to be a writer, even if they aren’t that good. It’s an editorial on anything by anyone. They give complete noobs a chance to pretend they are writing for the New York Times. People write journals and spend time trying to hide them from other people’s eyes. Why then, do us bloggers (Wow…I’m one of them) post these things online? Maybe they’re not really journals, but a collection of persuasive essays.
No offense to others, and myself, but who cares? Why do people care what John Smith has to say about the presidential primaries? But I still write them. I like writing in my blog, letting you poor, defenseless readers know how I feel about blogs, and technology in general. Is this my strange way to communicate with the world? If only I knew. I need to start talking to myself more (that’s something you don’t say to yourself everyday).
As time goes on everything these days is online. Things that used to be in “the real world” are now online. The real world is online. Blogs are our way of putting our ideas online. Why? Who knows? I do it and I guess loads of others do to. It’s a fad that will probably last. It does not really make sense, but not many things do. So I will continue to write and hopefully you, random reader (who probably just searched Google for something totally unrelated to this and my blog popped up) will continue to read.
I am proud to be one of the 266 people who have read your blog and yes I will continue to read. Excellent entry.