My blog is a message in a bottle with a FedEx tracking number. Hello World .
— Dervala Hanley
刚开博不久，觉得好玩之余免不了自问 Why blogging?
早有朋友们在各类博客网博性浓浓，我自威然不动。去年底突发神经进驻 wxc 博网算是开博乐。人做一事，必要给自己个理由。一千人开博有一千种风格，却未必有一千种理由。上网 Google 一下 Why blogging ，跑出 171000 条 link. 假设花十秒钟访一条 link 即使不休不眠也要二十天呢。略翻一阵还是敢紧打住吧。
I blog because …
1. 自我主义者
It’s an expression of myself.
It’s pure pleasure.
I’m passionate about too many things.
It extends me in a way that affirms who I am. (Jim Roberts)
It's that voice thing. I love that freedom. (Brian Moffatt)
It’s a place to force me to be more creative, experiment, voice my thoughts and to have fun. (Ron Crumbaker)
2. 功能主义者
to practice my writing
to network with people
to get recognition
to keep track of my research (Anne Galloway)
to connect with persons who share some of my values (Liz Ditz)
The money is good. (Head Janitor of Kombinat)
the hot babes
Information is energy. (Sheila Lennon)
3. 乐观主义者
to make the world a better place ( Doc Searls)
I can. (Jeneane Sessum)
4. 人文主义者
We cannot live for ourselves alone. Our lives are connected by a thousand invisible threads, and along these sympathetic fibers, our actions run as causes and return to us as results. (Herman Melville)
It’s the humanity I see in a blog that keeps me coming back for more. (Renee Blodgett )
Silence is like death. (Joseph Conrad)
5. 糊涂主义者
I think we all wonder why (Michelle Goodrich)
I can't stop myself (David Weinberger)
6. 消极主义者
A way of dragging me out of my very private shell… and to remain anonymous please (Canadian Com Network Professional)
Seth Finkelstein 对博客的阅读群有份简要的分析。
In my view, there are three regimes, roughly: One, few, many.
"One" == Diaries. Some people keep their diary on-line, and don't mind if others read it.
"Few" == Socializing, chatting. The intended audience is close friends, and events only of interest to that circle.
"Many" == Punditry. The goal is to reach as many people as possible with your ideas.
我喜欢在不同的博客里看到不同的闪光，不同的个性，还有不同的风景。正因如此才成就了多姿多彩的世界。所以我说，博客的真意就藏在 Shel Silverstein 的诗里
“Put something silly in the world
That ain’t been there before”
但我最喜爱的答案却是篇首那一句。各位博友以为如何 ?
