Comments on: Thoughts: On whether bloggers blog simply to vent emotions

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By: Etan

Etan — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 06:13:05 +0000

Have your heard about Muttr.com ? Seems to be growing pretty quickly… It allows the user to speak freely and say whatever is on their mind, anonymously, and it feels great doing so!

Muttr is straight to the point, simple, eye pleasing, and extremely easy to use. It will remain my choice for quite some time now! Trust me there’s plenty of things I will always need to vent about lol.

By: Patti

Patti — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:52:12 +0000

I love that people vent on blogs. Good for them!

By: knowledge

knowledge — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:37:26 +0000

I blog about everything under the sun, from informative articles to venting about my personal opinion on a political topic or a personal matter in my life. I blog for the blood sweat and tears of transforming whatever I’m passionate about onto my computer screen and into the minds of others who may just be feeling me, or may not agree with my point of view. I love that you made this topic… and that I actually searched for and found exactly what I was looking for. Blogging is the new black. -1-

By: Bes

Bes — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 17:49:33 +0000

@jeff, hello! Ok Jeff, what’s going on? May we [I?] ask what is prompting you to feel that?

By: jeff

jeff — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 22:25:40 +0000

I am just pissed today and want to say that i hate everyone today and i want it put out there some and say fuck off today

By: Reasons to Blog during College | KnowledgeFest

Reasons to Blog during College | KnowledgeFest — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:47:08 +0000

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By: Bes

Bes — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:13:57 +0000

cunzhang, thanks for the comment and for sharing. Expressing things for the dual purpose of expression and sharing can be a very good idea compared to many other purposes, and vice versa.

A comment allows venting from the other side also. This other side is the side of the commentors, who usually are the people which the writer hopes to get the attention of. Even if there is no acknowledgment of such an attention, many writers of any kind and medium still hopes to vent, to express, while many others vent to express to achieve something else like money. Of course, many writers usually do not realize that venting is their purpose or that venting to get something else is their purpose, and not the idea of wanting to try out something cool alone, unless one wants to try out something cool in order to get something else.

[Off-topic a bit]: your site isn’t loading, by the way.

By: cunzhang

cunzhang — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:12:56 +0000

I use my blog to note these useful articles for me,so I needn’t search it so hardly via Internet. And these articles maybe are what others are searching,so I share it. Sometimes I post my thoughts and emotions.I think there are so many people who have the same ideas with you.It’s a good idea to communicate via posting your comments.Then the ower of the blog can find you via the hyperlink you post.

In a word , Sharing data,ideas and emotions with others is a good idea!

By: Bes

Bes — Fri, 18 May 2007 19:17:20 +0000

Alexander Radich, thanks for visiting the site and for commenting. The model that Svend presented is indeed interesting, and it may work for a lot of people.

It’s interesting that Dareen considers 6 months to be the lifetime for a blog; I wonder if after that, a dying blog closes or if it just slows down and loses momentum? On a similar note, so far your blog seems to be doing good, by the way. Good luck!

One should realize, however, that every person may have a little bit different outlook on things because of their own understanding or experience or both.

Thanks again Alexander. I hope to see more input from you in the future.

By: Alex Radich » Blog Archive » Expressing Ourselves with Our Blogs?

Alex Radich » Blog Archive » Expressing Ourselves with Our Blogs? — Fri, 18 May 2007 14:32:26 +0000

[...] I read an article about motivation of bloggers: http://thereasoner.com/blog/thoughts-on-whether-bloggers-blog-simply-to-vent-emotions/Â . That is an interesting theme, and goes into the deep motivations of people who [...]

By: Alexander Radich

Alexander Radich — Fri, 18 May 2007 14:24:50 +0000

I agree with Svend, with little alteration that majority of blogs are not read by any tangible number of people, and thus, when authors think that their work is not valued or read, they quit. Darren Rowse says that the average lifetime for a blog is 6 months, according to his experience. I think that blog is a challenge for me, some test for my internal integrity, and ability to express myself out loud. If I fail, I will persist, and find new and new ways to attract readership.

By: Bes

Bes — Tue, 15 May 2007 18:57:54 +0000

Svend, thanks for coming here, and thanks also for commenting.

That is a very nice breakdown of blogs based on how their writing is based on emotions or what people, the readers, are looking for.

I am guessing many personal blogs fall into the 3rd and 4th categories [50% and 25% categories].

Question: could there be a category of blog that has very informative, or extremely informative information, yet it is not what people are normally, or actively, looking for unless they come across such a blog and realize what is being said or what message is being conveyed?

Also, it may be possible that a blog can switch categories depending on the post. For example, someone searching for a topic may come across a post written on a personal blog related to that specific topic, while at other times if they visit that blog, they might feel it has no relevant information [to the searcher/reader].

Thanks again Svend. This was extremely helpful!