Searching websites I've come across some that feature large community posting sites and located in the heading it will have a link saying "blog." Does that constitute as an actual blog or is it just someone throwing a fancy title on something it truly isn't?
On other sites like Facebook and Myspace you can post your thoughts on your own page and I've found many people like to call that a blog. On Myspace at the top of everyone's personal page it has a thing saying, "[Blank's] blog." I've written my fair share of posts on my Myspace page so was I technically a blogger before I started this page I can't seem to manage?
Can anyone tell me what makes up a blog? Are their certain things it needs to have to be considered real?
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I can tell you exactly what makes up a blog:
1. You first need to attend a weeklong seminar in Bloggery from the University of Blogsdale.
2. You then need to get that certificate signed and stamped by a Bloggista, or a notary public who earned a PhD in blog studies.
3. You then need to fill out a questionnaire on the intentions of your blog and it's implications on humankind and the severity to which it will affect the dynamic urban agglomerations in Kuala Lumpur.
4. You then need something to write about.
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More accurately, a blog is a general, sweeping term used to encompass basically any website with postings on any given topic, and that allows user replies. This is according to dictionary.com.
n. A website that displays in chronological order the postings by one or more individuals and usually has links to comments on specific postings.
Urban Dictionary takes it a step furthur and accurately and cynically describes about 98 percent of blogs:
n.
Short for weblog.
A meandering, blatantly uninteresting online diary that gives the author the illusion that people are interested in their stupid, pathetic life. Consists of such riveting entries as "homework sucks" and "I slept until noon today."
Thanks for clearing that up, Bronson. Ha. I think I'd have to say that most blogs that I've found fit best with the Urban Dictionary definition. Most have nothing even worth reading, especially the ones on Facebook and Myspace.
You brought up the fact that you had never thought of Oscar broadcasting as news on my Kevin Sites post.
It's interesting to me that most people probably think that same thing.
This isn't to say it's bad not to think of the Oscars, or tabloids as news.
But they are giving news to the people. If I am a person accepting citizen journalists then I can't value-base things.
Althought, isn't that what everyone keeps talking about?
Is it worth reading?
I have been having the exact same trouble as you. I have over 30 blogs on Facebook and MySpace but can barely keep up with this one.
I think it has to do with the fact that I don't know what to blog about or where to start. I feel like I have to blog about serious things and things I don't know that much about (RSS, etc.)
I am kind of learning as I go and trying to find other things to blog about. I just haven't found anything that interesting.
Back in high school and through my freshman year of college I kept a LiveJournal, though I never considered that blogging. I can't imagine that anyone would consider what I did that day newsworthy, but I enjoyed the act of writing out my thoughts and experiences.
I've also posted "blogs" on MySpace, but those mostly consist of trivial surveys that did nothing but kill time.
When I had LJ, I updated almost daily, but now I can never seem to find the time to update this blog. Part of the reason is my full class load, duties at the Reporter and maintaining a personal life, but also I'm at a loss as to what I'm supposed to write about.
Are we just supposed to blog about blogging? I've been trying to not post rants about things like TampAction or Lindsay Lohan doing Marilyn Monroe photosets. I'd like an outlet for my random musings, but I feel like this blog is supposed to come across as somehow "more professional," but what does that mean exactly? What is the difference between a blog and an online journal? And are we to limit our writing to solely topics of journalism?
I feel as though too much pressure has been put on this blog to post serious things. I know it isn't an excuse for why I haven't been blogging on here weekly, but I get to a point where I don't know what to say or whether or not it's entirely appropriate. I think another reason I have such a hard time deciding what to write on here is because I know my exact audience is this class, but with Myspace and Facebook it's a much more open and I never know who will stop and read it.
Ali: A few students (such as BP) came to this class with a blog in place. For others, it was a brand new exercise. I wanted you each to have a blog up and running so you could enter the online world.
You were also supposed to comment on others' blogs so that you could help them build a conversation.
I'd hoped you'd use this opportunity as a chance to build a blog you might show to a potential employer.
And, yes, you had to bring to the table something to write about.
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