Blogging
I am still amazed by the web. It’s such a huge tool for me in life these days. My hubby calls me a ‘google’ fanatic as I use the web as my dictionary, yellow pages, research assistant and for entertainment from time to time.
And I’m surprised by the web and who’s on it. I recently came across a web blog for the Gabriola Island while consulting my ‘yellow pages’ for something else on the island. The first thing I do when I find a blog or web page is to find out about the creator of the site. I was curious to see who’s blog it was, and was quite dismayed to find that the blogger was blogging anonymously. It’s kind of like reading a book with no author. Who does that? And what does it say about the person blogging?
My first thought was that maybe they were ashamed of what they were writing, or that maybe there was content in it that would cause them grief on a small island. What ever the reason, if someone can’t be bothered to tell me about themselves, other than they don’t want anyone to know who they are, I can’t be bothered to read what they are writing. Cause I need to have a connection with what I’m reading, a reason to read it. Spending time on a blog seems like a waste if your readers can’t connect with you as an individual. For what it’s worth, that’s my opinon.