A Pew study reports that I am 1 of 12 million Americans who blog, and you are one of 57 million blog readers. According to the China View:
"Our findings take on the myth of the blogger as a tech guy interested in politics whose goal is to influence media," Lenhart said. "The sense we get is most blogs are for family and friends. They're a wonderful way to tell stories."That's roughly me (besides the trying to influence media part). The Washington Post has excerpts about the average blogger being a "14 year-old writing about her cat." That also doesn't describe me, although I do blog about my cats Blur and Pip quite a bit.
So, why do I blog? I blog just so I can update my webpage, and keep friends and relatives up with what's going on in my life. Plus, I like to give people a little peak into what goes on in my brain and what I find interesting. You may ask what's so interesting about this Pew study? The ultimate answer is, I am one in 12 million Americans that blog. You are one in 57 million Americans that read blogs. That makes me roughly 21% more special than you.
Posted by yakuza at July 21, 2006 03:32 PM | TrackBack