Comments on: Blog Apathy Disorder (BAD)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 22 Jan 2003 02:32:34 +0000

chris, this design is awesome. i dig it tons.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 21 Jan 2003 21:20:08 +0000

Why did I start my “blog”? Because I wanted to find new ways to express myself – via my favorite music, favorite things to do – etc – funny that you post about this, I just put in a post today about similar things – I too try to post at least once a day, sometimes more – not because I should – but because I *want* to – lately, my entries have been nothimg more than my thoughts being poured out, but sometimes I throw in some cool news articles… Can't Stop Bloggin'!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 21 Jan 2003 19:57:57 +0000

Blog because you want to, post as inoften as you want. Realize that you're doing this for yourself and no one else and that this is the way it should be.
I chuckle whenever anyone suggests that a blogger needs to post x times in a week, or daily. Huh?!
I blog because I want to. I put up a new entry because I feel like it. We do this for us, you read it for you. Life is good. Surf more or less porn, its up to you.
I started blogging because someone offered me one. The rest was accidental and hella fun.
Peace out. War in.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 21 Jan 2003 19:44:13 +0000

Haven't been to Chris' site in ages, looks like I came back at an interesting time.
Regarding Mikeintosh's comments that spawned this post for Chris, I somewhat agree with him but I think he's noticing it more because he's “in limbo”. I'm in the same situation. I think for a lot of people who were affected by 9/11 or the Dot.com bomb period, they feel like they are in limbo too, looking for something to get them out of it.
I think blogging has the potential to get people out of this “limbo” because it allows them to connect and converse with other people and share their experiences and feelings. Unfortunately, for a lot of people (as mentioned above), they don't attract barely anyone to their blog, thus that connecting and conversing isn't created. People want to connect with other people but there doesn't appear to be a “mechanism” to see who else shares your thoughts and ideas on the Web, other than searching via Google. Thus I think people get frustrated and just stop blogging (like I did) even though they have some to say and share.
I don't know. Maybe instead of blogging, I should just fill the need for “connecting” with other people by visiting their sites and commenting on them. Thus it makes them happy and myself happy because we are both connecting and conversing with one another.
More on this topic:
http://www.smallpieces.com
http://www.turningtooneanother.net

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 21 Jan 2003 19:36:43 +0000

Disinterested (or “disinteresting” which I haven't seen used before) doesn't mean the same thing as uninterested.
Disinterested: Free of bias and self-interest; impartial.
It's a distinction worth making!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 21 Jan 2003 17:41:31 +0000

I tend to agree that blogging can become dull because of the cyber-reality. I'm not saying this is true for all, but blogging isn't for everyone. Some enjoy it, while others, such as myself, are happy meeting and spending as much time with people in the real world.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 21 Jan 2003 02:18:13 +0000

I myself am getting a bit apathetic about blogging. I feel noone is interested.. I hardly ever get comments. I'm boring as hell. ;p BUT I enjoy my website and I love to post links that interest me, and random thoughts.. so mostly I do it just for me. Not for that idiot new troll I got who is nit-picking about the spelling of “hippy”. ;) I think that the bottom line is that you need to blog for YOU and, if you get an audience, you got them because they relate to what you are saying.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 21 Jan 2003 00:01:05 +0000

I don't know. It's hard to think of things to write everyday. I mean, I don't want to reveal every single personal thing about myself (I like a certain level of privacy), yet I DO want to be personal. So I have to think of something to write that isn't too personal, and isn't too boring either. I don't have an interesting life, so it's not like I can write about daily occurences in my life (too boring). Enh, I try to blog as often as I can though.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 20 Jan 2003 22:55:05 +0000

Why do I blog? It's a little ego and a lot of fun. I always wanted to create a site about random stuff. My blog lets me do that when I want, about whatever I want, anytime I want. I just love Movable Type, don't you?
It also allows me to do things I never thought I'd do. About a month ago, I met a cartoonist online. He had some really great stuff and I wanted to post his pics on my blog. He was so psyched about it that he now sends his toons to anyone that subscribes to his cartoon syndicate. Now I feature his work on my site every Monday. One of the coolest things I do, I must say.
As for the state of blogging, I think people are getting bored. A lot of sites look like everyone else's. You hit the nail on the head, Chris. People need to try something new and avant-garde. Be profound, silly, or random. But most importantly, be yourself. It's a lot more interesting to learn about a real person than some fabricated persona portrayed on a webpage.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 20 Jan 2003 21:49:37 +0000

I blog in order to keep my family and friends up to date. My wife & I just moved up to Ohio from Florida, and we left all of our friends behind. I try to post something every other day, whether work-related, vacation, news,pictures, or just “nothing is happening.”
Keep up the good work, Chris!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 20 Jan 2003 20:16:25 +0000

I don't blog for my ego, I blog for me. Now, my blog is mostly just random personal crap that interests me. Unfortunately, my life is so mundane, that it is in and of itself my problem. My blog is more of a journal, with comments about things that I see or do. Yes, I want more traffic (who doesn't), but I realize that people out there that don't have similar interests will read the blog and may or may not come back. I try to post daily – no matter what. I know friends and relatives are out there in my traffic pattern, and it feels good (to me) to connect with them. If I make new friends with like-interests along the way – EVEN BETTER. The problem I have is if you try to reinvent yourself through your blog, do you lose who you are or were? I agree with courtney's and Bob Roth's comments above.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 20 Jan 2003 19:53:08 +0000

I'm listening. I started my blog because a) I got tired of having to maintain my old site and blogs are sort-of self-maintaining... b) becasue I just wanted a place to think out loud. I enjoy your blog. Did you know your blog does not render right in Netscape? http://www.laserblog.com/temp/chrisblog4.jpg I have to start up a whole other browser just to go to your blog. But it's worth it. Hey, do you ever read your comments thingie? Just curious. Have a happy day! =:D

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 20 Jan 2003 18:58:55 +0000

I blog for my ego. Pure and simple. It makes me feel important and, in some odd sense, loved. To quote a genius:
“… it's life, online.”

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 20 Jan 2003 18:28:59 +0000

I've changed my theory. I think the blogiverse just has had PMS or something.
You guys are right, your blog is your own, it should be about the content… to express yourself and for no one else. If anyone wants to come along for the ride, more power to them.
I used to think I was being boring by talking about the mundane everyday things in my life, but I now realize, it's best for me to chronicle these experiences for myself, to be able to vent and look back on these times fondly and/or laugh.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 20 Jan 2003 16:43:47 +0000

Ultimately, you have to ask yourself a question: “Do I write in my blog for my own satisfaction in it's own sake, or do I do it for ego?”
If you do it for ego, and you aren't/weren't famous before you started your own website/blog, forget it. You will barely get any traffic at all.
The only real, common, sustaining purpose of a blog is for your own satisfaction in it's own sake. You have to not care if anyone reads it or not, because that's not the point.
I laugh when people talk about blogging as if the entire concept is something completely new. I laugh for the same reason that I laughed when people talked about “the new economy”: they are almost completely wrong. Diaries and journals have been around since homo sapiens sapiens first put soft stone to hard rock wall. Economy has been around since at least Mesopotamia (and probably a lot earlier). The only difference with blogging is that you are posting your diary online for the world to see, if they want.
If you are laboring under any delusions that “blogging is the next evolution in media”, take a deep breath and prepare yourself. It isn't. There's a reason that mass media has things like editors.
Woah! I just realized how very, very long this comment is. Sorry, Chris, for the lengthy blathering.