What the B!*g?
March 12, 2008 at 4:44 pm | In Online Journalism | 1 CommentTags: Blogs, Online Journalism
“What’s the title about?” you ask. Well, good question; why do people bother blogging? Why do readers bother to read blogs? I have no idea. Yes, it is good to have places to express yourself & everyone is entitled to their opinion. But since anyone (& I mean anyone) can write a blog & say whatever they like on the internet, there is no place for serious/decent bloggers (such as myself!) out there. I don’t like to be told what to think, & that is what blogs are trying to do. Not in the obvious “Agree with me or I’ll kill you” way, but in the “This is my opinion, isn’t it a good one” way. I have my own opinions on everything & don’t need some yobbo (http://twentymajor.net/) giving me more. Continue reading What the B!*g?…
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