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A brief overview of the history of blogging on the web
Which came first, the blogger or the While 1998 was the year the world first saw a home-based business blogs are just a few that quickly come to mind. Blogs are now entertainment sites, gossiping about famous people. Company websites might include a blog for communicating with customers. Blogs spring news that can make or break politicians, the writers functioning as a new type of journalist. The blogger is king, digging for information, giving tips, connecting helpers with those who need them. Whatever type of connection people want, there are blogs to provide it. And more than any of that, they still serve the function that they were originally designed for, which is providing a diary site where people can record their thoughts and hear what others have to say about them. It's no surprise that celebrity blogs have exploded into the blogosphere in recent years, amidst the thousands of new blogs that come into existence every day. While some of them are written by the famous people themselves, or perhaps occasionally their publicity managers, the majority of these sites were created by fans as well as those whose profession it is to dig up information about the stars. This may not be a good thing. Celebrity blogs might already have turned civil society into something much less civil, a nation of gossipers unjustifiably prying into the private lives of their fellow citizens, however infamous they are. Even formerly responsible news organizations now include gossip about celebrities in their papers and newscasts. Bloggers who pry into the lives of the stars may now be the "journalists" of the world, to the detriment of well-researched and reliable news. Related posts:
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