What makes people start a blog where they can talk at length about their view of the world?

Well, a problem with living in the real life is that there are a limited number of people interested in your life and your interests. Nobody is interested in listening to your story. This is especially true if you have interests that are strange or unusual in some way. One way to solve this problem is of course to reach out to a bigger audience. Instead of increasing your number of friends it’s easier to solve the problem by switching on the computer and log on to the net.

When internet first arrived, forums and bulletin boards allowed people with common interests to get in contact with each other and discuss various things that more “normal” people didn’t want to listen to. It became possible to get help with problems, problems that none of your friends knew existed. You didn’t need friends that shared the same interests; it became possible to find them online, ready for a chat.

Next, the blogs came and even if you had the strangest hobby, someone would actually listen to your story and pay attention. Your audience could be reading from all over the country, maybe the entire world. Instead of forcing your best friend or girl/boyfriend to listen to stories about your hobbies, write it online! Read this example, this enthusiast collects airsickness bags. http://cc.oulu.fi/~emk/itstrue.html, I’m pretty sure only internet could provide him with a collector friend to discuss the important things in life with.

And this is what people want, we want to be seen and heard. We want to have someone saying that our life and hobbies is interesting. With internet, this is always possible to achieve.