I was wondering what was different with blogs that makes one come back and check them at regular intervals - much regularly than one checks the newspaper or any other website.
1)One factor is the complete absence of any bottleneck in publishing and the simple process of anyone and everyone being able to report anything that one deems fit to be conveyed or published.This is really a welcome trend for the flourishing medium of blogging considering the trouble and lack of assurance one had had earlier, while posting views to the 'Letters to the editor' column of newspapers and sometimes being lucky and yet unlucky seeing one views being completely misrepresented in print.
2)The lack of any standard and any kind of rule in reporting info.It could be a nice written write-up about something or just a picture of something unheard of or just a single liner about any much-sought after thing to be released soon.
3)The worryfree reporting where nobody bothers about the grammatical errors in the reporting.All that one is concerned is that the info is conveyed or jotted down in a a manner that it is easily understood and reaches the targeted audience.Though this seems cool,it actually brings down the quality of the entire 'Blogging' process.
4)The lack of any organization to go through the blogs' contents and establish the veracity of the info.This leads to baseless allegations being heaped and rude comments being made,bringing down the credibility of blogging and sometimes ruining the reputation of the unfortunate victim whose years of built-up name comes crashing to the earth.
5)The no-responsibilty feeling and the feel of being behind this curtain called the internet.The thought that internet is a whole new world with no real,traceability has had very interesting outcomes.We have seen some very good blogs come out of this aspect and as well some unruly and nonsensical blogs thriving out of this.
6)Voicing out of concerns and abnormalities quite vehemently through a medium which surely guarantees a sizeable readership from people who matter.We have seen instances of people who could highlight wrongdoings of a well-established organization,which the mainstream media never came forward to do.Blogs and bloggers have gone to extreme heights in exposing abnormalities in the system and this is really a welcome trend.
7) Speaking of the non-nonchallence of Mainstream media,Blogs have made sure that every piece of interesting news,however silly it is or however controversial and anti-ruling party it is,gets it due in the Blogosphere.Very obvious instance is the Manjunath episode where the unique,unreported event got the much-deserved attention from people who matter,albeit at a much later point from the time of occurence.
8)Every Tom,dick and Harry,for that matter Ram,Karthik and Hari gets a chance to bring out a variety of hidden talents and specialised interests.The technology blogs,photography blogs,crossword blogs,cookery blogs,advertisement blogs etc have added a whole dimension to channelised info sharing akin to the TV channels targeting towards specific audience.
9)Any medium needs competition to stay alive and Blogging is not left alone in this aspect.The emergence of the Indibloggies awards and many other recognitions have set the ball rolling for many amateur bloggers to start getting serious about blogging.It is these awards that have been playing a major role for even many of the veteran bloggers to still devote a sizeable chunk of their daily time towards what they have been for the past 4 or 5 years.
10)'Show me the money' Factor...Google Adsense advertising has really had its say in the number of blogs getting published daily.The thought of money pouring in with not much of an effort,other than blogging interesting stuff daily and attracting visitors,has definitely helped sustain the interest in blogging.
11)Feedback is an important element which helps any system to correct itself from its blunders in the past or sometimes provide a kick to continue with one's good work.In that aspect the 'Comments section' is really a wonderful tool,which helps the bloggers get an immediate feedback and counter-arguments on the views they have expressed.Sometimes the radical thinking and the whole debate that the comments section carry go a long way in sustaining the bloghopper's interest,than the main posting attached to the comment section.
Blogs,offlate have been getting a lot of attention from various sections of the society.The governments of many countries have started monitoring rogue blogging and have even stipulated laws to be adhered by the blogging community.Many top companies have resorted to encoraging their workers into sharing their ideas through blogs.Many product launches and reviews have started depending on feedback from bloggers and the comments from blogs.
With the latest emphasis on seemless media sharing and efforts to bring content providers' programs to the living rooms through Intel's Viiv/AMD's Live campaigns and more proliferation of Yahoo/Google Videos,I think it is not long before the blog world is going to explode with a variety of Video blogs,that one could choose like the TV programs,based on specific interests.
Does anybody have any other factor that you think has aided this whole new arena called 'blogging' and have inputs as to whatelse is in the offing,that is going to radically change the way info is propagated/exchanged through blogs?
-Raapi
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