Comments on: Are Bloggers Like Me Crazy?

By: marta

marta — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 04:20:43 +0000

What is important to me is meaningful. If I don't understand it, it must be shallow and unfulfilling! When people go around dismissing blogging, I want to ask if watching hours of TV is better. I mean, everyone has good and bad ways they use their time. I don't think blogging is bad. I don't think TV is bad. It ought to be about how we use these things in our lives--and very few people are in any position to judge. (My son can judge me when he's older!) If I didn't blog, I wouldn't have met you. If I hadn't met you, you wouldn't have my art in your house. How amazing is that? And haven't we all been duped by someone in this so-called real life? It isn't like real life relationships are all that great every minute of the damn day. Oh I could rant more! Thanks for blogging. We need you out here.

By: Syd

Syd — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:59:23 +0000

Blogging takes time if (which I do) read other bloggers and make comments. I think that laying out a well thought post takes a half hour or so. But taking time to read others and to comment--well that is also important. I've learned a lot.

By: Bernadine

Bernadine — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:36:26 +0000

love it. To answer your title question: no! One of the great surprises of this blogging thing for me has been that I can be 'real' friends with people I've never seen. I love blogging for that-- and how much it helps me get my thoughts together. And yet-- I'm right there with you. I probably spend 20 minutes once a week, maybe twice... and that's it. Much easier than non-bloggers probably realize.

By: Monica

Monica — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 07:40:31 +0000

I had the "you are so self absorbed wanting sympathy from strangers by writing a blog" conversation with someone last week. LOL I love the friends I make online. Even under my real name, I am a big social net worker. When we moved across the country a few years ago, I got online about 6mo ahead of time, struck up some friendships through Facebook/etc.. and We had people to hang out with in the new city on day one. Many of those people I still talk to on a regular basis 3 years later. Just as dating site make it easier for you to find your "soul mate" that you may never have met because they live in a different state, the internet makes it easy to find those friends that never otherwise would have entered your life. I think "non bloggers" are just jealous! LOL

By: stayathomemd

stayathomemd — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 02:49:02 +0000

Thanks for your comment over on my blog! I had actually read your blog before and liked it so I'm glad to find you again. It amazes me how judgmental people can be about something so essentially innocuous. I think email is far more likely to make me neglect "normal" interactions than reading or writing a blog is and I'm sure all those sanctimonious commenters have email accounts !

By: Peggy

Peggy — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 21:08:39 +0000

Very well said!
Sincerely,
Lurker who can't write, but has learned so much from the Recovery blogs I read!

By: Mary P Jones

Mary P Jones — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:31:05 +0000

Bwahahaha! I can't stop laughing at "Next week on House -- the dangers of quaaludes!"

By: Edith Whoreton

Edith Whoreton — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:15:14 +0000

That episode was so funny--as if the writers had teleported in from 2006 and said "have you heard about these crazy new things called 'blogs', where people talk about their personal business on the internet?" It reminded me of the trend stories in my hometown newspaper, which are invariably about things that were trendy about two years ago. Next week on House--the dangers of quaaludes!

By: Mary P Jones

Mary P Jones — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:47:12 +0000

Anybeth, that's totally true and something I forgot to mention. It doesn't take as long as one might imagine to do most of this, and posting once a day is considered a lot. Most people who blog regularly tend to do something more like 1-3 posts a week. I always think it's funny how people see this sliver and think we're putting our "whole lives" and every waking thought and event online. Like you said about it taking about 2% of your time, what I put on here is less than 1% of what goes on in mine. After all, if there are (if one sleeps about 7 hours a night) about 120 waking hours in a week and I blog about 3 things that happen, and each of those incidents takes minutes, that's a very small sliver. And because I'm picking and choosing which things are both important to me and don't compromise my anonymity, it isn't always a representative slice of what I'm most concerned about right now either. People use things like Facebook and Twitter more often, but again, it takes 10 seconds to update and most people really aren't on as much as perceived.

By: Anybeth

Anybeth — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:49:43 +0000

I'd have to say my blog takes up exactly 2% of my whole life. That's it. It's funny that anyone would think we all spend hours and hours and hours each day. I usually write a post in about 15-20 minutes, and that's only when I'm in the mood to say something.