Instant Survey: Life In The Blogosphere
by Erin Courtenay - Madison, WI on 04.25.06
TreeHugger is thrilled to be in the running for a Webby Award - and we know that we owe most of this success to our enthusiastic readers and tipsters. We're also proud to be part of a growing cadre of green and progressively-minded bloggers. Of course, eco-blogging isn't the only way to go - with so many interesting and unexpected web logs to visit, one can get lost in the blogosphere for hours. We're curious about you folks:
This blog thing confuses me.
I certainly wouldn´t call TH a blog because it has an organisational aspect. I´d call it a webzine.
A blog on the other hand needs a more personal dimension. I´m of course no media buff but that´s what I think. Ayone agree?
Of course I do :) I have a blog on my site @ http://victoria-e.com/
I also keep a more personal blog @ www.livejournal.com/users/victoriablue
I know just what you are saying Sverrir & I partly agree with you. TH is more of a webzine in the aspect of what it offers, but some of the entries do have more of a personal tint.
Still, with so many different people posting entries, along with the type of ads and helpful surveys & shopping guides; it is more of a webzine in that aspect.
To learn more about what blogs are ("blog", from weblog), a good start is the wikipedia article about them.
Sverrir, TreeHugger definitely is a blog. What defines a blog is more the format than the content, and though most blogs are personal, many of them are also group efforts.
A blog basically is a publishing tool: It's usually reverse chronological order, easy and fast to publish and entries are usually shorter than magazine or newspaper articles. That's about it.
Grist.org is more a magazine than a blog (though they also have a blog at gristmill.grist.org), and WorldChanging is another group blog similar to TreeHugger, though they tend to be updated less often and have longer articles.
Hope that helped clarify things a bit.
In addition to what I said above, I'd say that since a "blog" is more a description of format than content, it is possible to have magazine-type content published on a blog.
In fact, you could publish a book - and it has been done - on a blog. Chapter by chapter..
It's a very flexible tool, but what makes it most powerful is that it's a conversation with the readers. It's not a one-way broadcast.
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Have a GREAT day!
I'm happy to have joined the eco-blogosphere! My nascent blog is www.organiclifeblog.com. I will also be blogging at www.eatlocalchallenge.com during May to celebrate and encourage people to eat only food grown within 100 miles of where they live. Join us!
Green bloggers represent! I am trying to be as green as I can...
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Blogging?? bah....humbug "Oh hi, here are my thoughts on this", "hey guess what, I took my dog for a walk!!!", "I really liked the sandwich I had today!!!!!" Soooooooo much dull dull content out there - why do people bother??! It's like listening to someone else's conversation on a cellphone. My life isn't interesting enough to justify a diary, so why would I write about it on the internet??!
I don't see Treehugger as a blog either - it is far too interesting and relevant for that!
no
I have a life... ;)