A recent CNN article begins by stating that the general blog-space is teeming with stereotypes - alienated adolescents and middle-aged pundits. Link
Is that really the case? Are typical bloggers the ones that are recluse and blog only because its their sole means of self expression?
In my opinion this is not the case at all. Blogs are becoming more like bulletin boards, maintained by schoolmates, college-friends, office-colleagues, professional/religious communities et al. A set of blogs constitute a quasi-forum. Like google groups. Blogging is more like having a pen-friend. Some people you can share ideas with. And the people who blog are normal everyday people who you talk to go out to have fun with. It is a new model of pull, rather than the push model of emails. And technologies like RSS & ATOM enable integration of blogs with the existing means of communication - emails, mailing lists, news aggregators, etc. My personal take is that blogging is not a new culture. Its just a manifestation that already exists, only served differently.
