The Blog:More Than A Black Hole In Cyber Space?

Blogging is taking over my life! Well..not really...but I do find myself talking about it WAY more than I did before this class started. I sometimes even stumble into discussions with other people about it without even meaning to. For example, yesterday my roommate and I were sitting on the couch being pretty worthless to be honest and for some reason we started to talk about blogging. Shortly after, this "talk" turned into a discussion/debate about the pros and cons of blogging. Not only were we discussing blogging on what could have been a productive Saturday, but I found myself on the "pro blogging" side of the debate. My roommate made the point that blogs were like the black holes with in cyber space. Everyone uses their blogs to write about their own lives and the reality is no one really cares about what's going on in another stranger's life : basically, it's narcissistic. I could relate with her stance on blogging because that is the same exact opinion I had about it for quite some time. And honestly, with some blogs I still do feel like that. However, I did make a defense by saying how blogs can help launch new and exciting ideas to the public * fo free!* AAANNDD how it can improve writing skills, critical thinking, etc. etc. etc. Anyways, no one actually "won" the argument but I just find it funny how often blogging can really come up in a convo with out expecting it!