my thoughts on blogs

Since I have never created a blog before, starting it off was a lot more challenging then I thought it would be. The only blogs I’ve ever read have been on limited topics, like photography or fashion, so I wasn’t really sure where to start when making this blog. Having never kept up with any blogs, I thought they were basically only for people focusing on specific subjects that they are interested in. For example, an artist might create a blog to showcase their work and discuss art with others that were interested or a movie fanatic may create a blog to post about movies that they like, but because I have never had a purpose to create a blog, I haven’t ever thought about blogs or really formed an opinion on them. It seems that there are some similarities between Facebook, Myspace, and blogs. On Myspace you can post blogs, but other than that there are also similarities with bulletins. They both involve putting something out on the internet for others to read. Both of these websites relate to blogs because of the accessibility of people’s personal thoughts. They allow private thoughts to be posted on the internet and viewed by the public. Facebook and Myspace seem more based around communication with friends, whereas blogging seems to be based solely on sharing your own ideas. Making a blog is basically a form of writing, except it seems less formal then perhaps writing an essay for a class assignment.