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Blogs and Bloggers in the Blogosphere.

I am fond of jotting down events of my everyday life. I grew up writing things special happenings, big or small, in a customized notebook.  Then during my high school days my teacher required us to write a journal about our school activities.  It’s very enjoyable especially when you read it again. It will make you smile and reminisced. My journal became a diary; actually it was given to me by a friend. It contains all my secrets which for sure all diaries do. It has my heartaches and sentiments. It’s a good shock absorber especially when you don’t want to reveal your inner emotions. My diary is a good listener and I know I’m not the first to say it. It keeps my emotions private. Now my diary has evolved into a blog. Yes, a blog which is more of an online diary. But how did “blog” come to be? Does it have an impact in our daily life? Let us discover how a simple journal evolved into an online diary commonly known as blog.

According to Wikipedia BLOG is a type of website or part of a website. It is usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of:

1.            Commentaries, views and opinions

2.            Description of events

3.            News

4.            Graphics and videos

5.            Personal Experience

No one can specifically trace who invented or created the first blog. The credit actually went to Justin Hall, as a student began his proto-blog in 1994.  Technology influenced the lives of people and changed the ways of how things are done. In early days, we simply scribbled on a piece of parchment to log our daily activities or personal account.  Now we can post our personal accounts, opinions and views on a blog or web blog. Unlike in earlier days, only a few number of people could ever read your entry and those where your personal friends but now you have the ability to allow the whole world to read it via your blog. Online diaries or blogs is an interactive way to reach readers that can also leave comments. Top blogs will generate reaction from other readers as well, thus, creating an open discussion about the topic.

Blog or Blogging is just a small word and can affect the lives of people who are really involved in it dramatically. Posting a blog can result in unanticipated consequence.  A number of people lost their job due to blogging, maybe it’s not the blogging per se but the content of the blog posted. Take for example Ellen Simonetti , a flight attendant who got fired for posting photographs whilst in her uniform on board the aircraft. The employer, Delta Air lines, regarded it as inappropriate.  Jessica Cutler got fired from being a congressional assistant after her blog about her sex life got discovered. Catherine Sanderson lost her job at a British Accountancy firm due to blogging though it was done in an anonymous manner.  There are cases that a blogger is subjected to insults and threats.  Blog readers or followers get emotionally involved with the blog post that they tend to vent their emotion against the blogger. 

 In some way or the other, blogger and blog followers should be responsible and be mature enough with their actions.  Blogs can be very entertaining  but could also be detrimental if used in an irresponsible way…Directory..Theblogcatalog Copy & Paste Articles

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