Friday, February 29, 2008

The Meaning of Blogs


Blogs are a great way to just blurt out thoughts and ideas in a vaccum--something akin to a tree falling in the forest. If a blog is written and has no impact, did it exist at all? Maybe I'm waxing a little too existential, but as a medium of intellectual exchange, the blog is a little like the fourteenth or fifteenth bite of a large piece of chocolate cake; the taste is exquisite, but getting monotonous; the sensory experience is no longer new, and we seem to continue for the sake of continuing. Eat the entire wedge. We focus on getting the job done and getting that darn piece of cake consumed in it's entirety. The blog functions in the same way, we have this entity to deal with and we focus on it till the job is done.


The problem some blogs highlight is one of quantity not quality. If the blog has a large readership and a variety of viewpoints are expressed it keeps the quality of the blog lively and readable. If one or two people dominate the blog the comments become stilted and single-minded. My blog has features of both: I dominate it and I'm the only one to read it, therefore I'm single-minded and somewhat stilted in my approach. I occasionally leave terse comments to myself signed with an alias.


"The position you take is untenable. The argument you make is undefendable and the examples you give are unenvisionable. Go back to where you came from, but leave your wallet."
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