The Bloggers With The Most To Say
Reading and sharing other blogs: is it important?
Recently I started up my old blog again and created "For the Love of Blog" in respect to blogs I find enjoyable and posts that personally touch me.
"I believe that blogging at its very core is centered around a person's need and want to be heard, but what I've learned from blogging over the past year is that sharing with and supporting those within the blog community is just as important."
What do you think? Are you a social blogger or a lone wolf? Why?
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Permalink Reply by Lauren on -
i love blogging, but what first got me hooked was reading other people's blogs. at first i was super shy about commenting, but once i started commenting, i realized how much more it adds to your blogging experience. it's such a little thing, but people really seem to appreciate it (for the most part). plus, when you leave meaningful comments you start to form a connection with other bloggers, which i think is super cool :)
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Permalink Reply by Kayleigh Eneida on -
I love reading other peoples blog and seeing there point of view. I especially love reading humor blogs, since I'm not that funny and i like turning on my computer or kindle and reading a short post that makes me chuckle. The blogging world is in a way my escape from real life and a sort of therapy. Sometimes i stray away and don't find the time to read the blogs i keep on my reader, but I always come back and start writing and reading again.
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Permalink Reply by Naomi Anselmo on -
I definitely believe in being a social blogger. I know some people just have blogs to update their close family and friends on their life, but I'm guessing those types of people aren't on 20sb, where you come to meet other bloggers and grow your own blog beyond the readership of your family.
I've had a LOT of blogs in the past. No one ever really read them and so I got bored writing them and they never went anywhere. But this time, since I've been focusing part of my attention on acknowledging and engaging with other bloggers/twitterers/pinterest users, I feel like I know more what I'm doing this time around, and I've got a much bigger blog than I ever had before. It's a lot more fun too, because I actually have people to share it with!
Just like in real life: if you only spend your time talking and never listening, never asking, never complimenting... you'll never grow, never learn, and you'll probably even find yourself alone after a while, with just yourself to talk to.
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Permalink Reply by Alynne Leigh on -
The blogging community depends on the community aspects to flourish the way it does.
Without sharing, supporting, and discussing, blogs are pointless.
What is a blog without the audience?
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Permalink Reply by HeyCrin on -
I think it's definitely important to recognize your audience, and also to relate to people through what you write, and commenting is the best way to show that you related to it! I need this especially because a lot of my posts insightful and helpful, as well as give people a smile - thats one of the reasons I do it, so its nice to know that its working.
It's fun getting comments and building up each other's work, and every time I get some great feedback it makes me want to write more, so its really useful in that way as well.
And this site is great for that, like loads of people have said, sometimes writing is all about audience.
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