Thursday, May 03, 2007

A Tree Falls in the Forest

Here's the question of the week: If a post is written in the blogosphere, and nobody reads it, was it written? Was it worth it to write it in the first place? The immediate answer to this question is most enthusiastically - yes! Writing can be many things to different people: cathartic, soothing, creative. And that's just the tip of the iceberg. But when you sit down and really think about it, the blogosphere is a public forum. If people really wanted to write just for the sake of writing, they would keep a personal journal. Blogging initiates interaction with the outside world. It asks for feedback. That is part of it's very nature. If you have a blog, and nobody reads it, is it actually a journal that just happens to be online?

Intrigued? Read the rest of the post in my little corner of Mommy Blogs Toronto: Mama Drama. I plan to post here on a weekly basis - usually on Thursdays. Hope you'll join me!

4 comments:

Beck said...

I know SO many terrific blogs that have such low readership. I don't think the number of readers is a reliable indicator of blog-worth!

Mimi said...

I'm with Beck. But I do wonder about an ideal middle ground between no readers and 200 readers, a nice comfortable circle of bloggy-friends to keep it public, but intimate at the same time.

Sandra said...

I totally agree with Beck. Off to read your fab article at MBT...

ewe are here said...

Ditto Beck for me as well... lots of great stuff out there!