Why We Blog

Blogging is not mindless, and the answer to why we blog is deeper than it seems.

Blogging allows people to post their creative content to a willing and active audience. People are not forced to read blogs, but they chose to read them. Therefore, audiences are more responsive and engaged in the content that is posted. Bloggers can post poems, stories, and other content they’ve created and share it with a worldwide audience.

 Blogging also gives people a chance to relate and empathize with one another. Blogs allow people the opportunity to express themselves without fear of exposure or judgment. This feeling of anonymity causes people to share deeply personal items they wouldn’t share with the people they know. This in turn forms a tight-knit community within the blog. Bloggers can relate to one another and compassion and friendship can be shared between people who have never met.

Blogs can also be used as an outlet. People often post daily reflections and stories, sharing both the good and the bad. Perhaps a blogger has a family member who is dealing with serious medical complications. Blogs give this person a chance to express themselves and talk about their struggles. People can also blog about joyous occasions. If someone is planning a wedding and they want to share that process, they can post about it in a blog. Ultimately, blogs are a channel that allows people to vent or express themselves.

While blogs provide people with a channel for expression, do we hide from life using blogs? Bloggers can easily hide behind their computer, avoiding life. It’s so much easier to blog about a problem than it is to deal with that problem. We must be sure that we use the blog, and the blog doesn’t use us. We can share our secrets and stories, but we shouldn’t allow blogging to dominate how we express ourselves or deal with our problems.