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12 September 2008 3 Comments

Isaiah has written a very well written and reasonable article on this and is of the opinion that while some factors that make for an interesting blog, such as good content and a good dose of opinions, are rather universal, the rest are subjective. That being the case, he says we’ll never be able to actually agree and line up the blogs into two distinct columns labeled ‘interesting’ and ‘irritating’. Such a simple and glaring truth and we need to point it out.

The wonders of blogging is that - one is free to articulate one’s thoughts, voice, opinions and whathaveyous freely though balanced with responsibility. You are free to blog however you want to, just like I am free to blog however I want to.

While I do not like certain blogs, I don’t demand or issue rules. I am much kinder and merely click that little x at the top right corner. After all, it is not very difficult to understand that if you do not enjoy reading a certain blog, feel free to disengage from it.

There really shouldn’t be rules, policing or regulation of how or what a blog should be. And I agree with My Grey World when she said:

Blog what you want.
Blog responsibly.

Of course as “consumers” and readers, we can wish for better content and degree of engagement. I agree that I would like to be engaged more in how people think and I am interested to know their opinions on different topics. There is certainly room for improvement when it comes to blogs that offer CoPy liKE tHIs (damn, it is hard to type like this!) and blogs that have little content to speak of. It says a lot about our youths who blog like that - and I wonder why. Well, there is always that little x in the corner.

On the other hand, I am glad that there are bloggers who are fighting the good fight to deregulate the internet and to encourage creative growth and responsible freedom of expression.

Power to you guys.

3 Comments »

Bear said:

GP Teacher!

# 15 September 2008 at 1:39 pm

sylv said:

hello xtralicious! I just realized you linked me. Sigh. Long time never check in blog already…

I guess when it comes to youth blogs.. Somebody has to start somewhere, right? I have to admit that my very first blog (that was written when I was.. *counts* 15) was aLsO wRiTTeN LiKe THiS (yeah and somehow, that time it’s not that difficult to type like that! :P). I think the “older bloggers” should be giving them feedback and let them learn rather than criticizing them and makes them scared to continue blogging. If they’re scared to blog (due to the “expectations”), then how can a blogosphere grow? Wah I write so long already..

Hope you will continue blogging! I like to see your stories about your girls. oh and may your business always go well!