Blogs SUCK!

All blogs suck.  My blog, your blog, your friend's blog, your friend's dog's blog, etc. 

None of us update enough.  None of us!

We all check each others blog on a daily basis.  "Is there an update?" we think.  And usually we are disappointed.  I find that most people update around two times a week; some more, some less.  But when you decide to read all of the blogs you are following, you are generally disappointed.  Out of 15 or 20 blogs there are usually 3 or 4 updated on any given day.  I check blogs in the morning.  There are usually one or two updated at that time.  Maybe during the day one or two more will be updated.  That's a trickle of information.  Not very impressive.

How to check blogs is another subject.  You can subscribe to the RSS feeds in your browser, that's one way.  It will check them for updates on a periodic basis and notify you if there are any changes.  Then you can go read them for yourself.  There is also Google Reader, which is pretty much just a fancier RSS reader.  You can "follow" those that you like with Blogger, but then you need to check your Blogger account for updates.  That seems annoying.  Or you can just click on them one at a time when you have a chance to see who updated.

How do you check the blogs you read?

Then there are comments.  I like to leave comments.  I know my comments are cryptic and confusing sometimes.  I don't mind that.  This whole medium is cryptic and confusing sometimes.  I think it was Kate that once said that she didn't mind my comments; she just figured that it made me think of something in my life and that led to my comment.  That's pretty accurate.  One person on a blog I read has accused me of being a stalker because I comment on nearly every post.  I spoke to the blogger about this and she thinks the person is crazy.  I agree.  However, I get the feeling that another blogger does think I am a stalker.  *shrug*

Lots of people don't leave comments.  That's a different personality than mine.  To me it's all about the interaction.  I'd rather someone call me a fucking idiot than say nothing.  But most people say nothing.  Not much I can do about that.

So, like I said, blogs suck.  I guess most people have moved on to Twitter or Facebook where you can say very little and make it meaningful.  (That was sarcastic, I think.)

Now, aren't you glad you had something to read here?

If you build it, they will come

Blogging is a very nebulous thing.  You start writing and you hope someone is reading.  I mean, why bother writing if no one is reading, right?  It takes some time for old friends to find you and hopefully you'll make some new friends along the way.

But, what if no one comes to read?  Should you bother to keep writing?