Broderick: Blogs in all their Glory

What makes a blog a blog is the ability to write the news/personal thoughts/opinions in a manner that is distinct and original to the author. Although some are (biased), blogs are great because they are not biased, to me a blog is the the purest form of the blogger's true self because the blogger has the ability to post their own interpretation of the subject at hand. The best thing about blogging is the fact that other /followers have the ability to contribute to the original post. Although sometimes comments can be negative and obnoxious, the beauty of blogging is, that for some reason when written in text, insults, and negative comments are much more easily shrugged off, while positive comments flatter the blogger and encourage them to write more. Interactions between the blogger and the followers help create a better understanding of the original post and may help open the eyes of many people that read the blog, which ultimately helps everyone understand each other. The most challenging thing about blogging for me is being consistent, in "Journalism 2.0" it said that one of the things that constitutes a successful blogger was updating their blog everyday. I am new to blogging, however, I'm sure that once I am used to blogging, creating new posts will become more of a habit then school work, and I can't wait till then.