Blogs

Before blogs, there were many other forms of digital communities being used by people online. The early 90's saw an introduction to blogging in the form of personal diaries where people used the internet to document events and make accounts of their lives. Blogs in general have come along way and are developing with the internet. Whereas originally text was the primary form of communication, now people have employed pictures, music and and even videos. Blogging has grown from personal blogging and now there are many different types of blogs including blogs used internally within a company for business purposes. Question blogging is when people write a certain question they want answered and people reply on the thread to try and solve there problems. This is apparent for example on the yahoo answers web page. Occasionally people post offensive comments however some websites monitor the blogs and make it easy for users to report misuse of the blogs. Blogs are a place where people can express themselves and their opinions without repercussions. They are good for expressing opinions on political and social issues, in particular touchy issues which are rarely discussed publically.