Comments on: How "I’m a blogger" confuses people http://www.thetlog.net/2006/01/31/how-im-a-blogger-confuses-people/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:07:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Pedro Timóteo http://www.thetlog.net/2006/01/31/how-im-a-blogger-confuses-people/#comment-799 Pedro Timóteo Wed, 01 Feb 2006 15:05:45 +0000 http://www.thetlog.net/2006/01/31/how-im-a-blogger-confuses-people/#comment-799 Rob: <a href="http://www.problogger.net" rel="nofollow">Darren Rowse</a> is QUITE successful, and he's in Australia. As for the rest... a blog is still more encompassing than most people think. For instance, virtually nobody thinks of Slashdot as a blog, and yet it's one - it just has a much larger amount of users than almost any other blog, and it's not "personal" at all, since the editors never talk about their lives - indeed, most of them don't even submit articles, they just approve them. And yet it's a blog. There's more. Some people use WordPress or something similar to create <i>static sites</i>. Are they still blogs? No, in the usual definition of "blog". Yet they're made using blogging software... I guess it's a question of definitions. If "blog", to you, means "personal journal", then a blog <b>is</b> a personal journal - because if it isn't, then it's not a blog to you. (how's <i>that</i> for circular logic? :)) Rob: Darren Rowse is QUITE successful, and he’s in Australia. As for the rest… a blog is still more encompassing than most people think. For instance, virtually nobody thinks of Slashdot as a blog, and yet it’s one - it just has a much larger amount of users than almost any other blog, and it’s not “personal” at all, since the editors never talk about their lives - indeed, most of them don’t even submit articles, they just approve them.

And yet it’s a blog.

There’s more. Some people use WordPress or something similar to create static sites. Are they still blogs? No, in the usual definition of “blog”. Yet they’re made using blogging software…

I guess it’s a question of definitions. If “blog”, to you, means “personal journal”, then a blog is a personal journal - because if it isn’t, then it’s not a blog to you. (how’s that for circular logic? :))

]]> By: Rob http://www.thetlog.net/2006/01/31/how-im-a-blogger-confuses-people/#comment-798 Rob Wed, 01 Feb 2006 13:49:52 +0000 http://www.thetlog.net/2006/01/31/how-im-a-blogger-confuses-people/#comment-798 I would say that the log part in blog/weblog relates to the sequential and chronological chain of posts, so it's sorta like a journal. As for the magazine comparison, i believe it's somewhat far-off since magazines have self-contained editions and corresponding indexes. A blog is an all new species altogether ;) And while i wish you the best of luck pursuing your objective of blogging full time, i think it's kinda hard for non-US people, most successful blogs are US (nation or region-wide) based and centered and that has much to do with audiences. I would say that the log part in blog/weblog relates to the sequential and chronological chain of posts, so it’s sorta like a journal. As for the magazine comparison, i believe it’s somewhat far-off since magazines have self-contained editions and corresponding indexes. A blog is an all new species altogether ;)

And while i wish you the best of luck pursuing your objective of blogging full time, i think it’s kinda hard for non-US people, most successful blogs are US (nation or region-wide) based and centered and that has much to do with audiences.

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