I wonder why it’s hard to belive that weblogs are good

A follow-up thought from previous post: I wonder why so many people are sceptical about weblogs. I assume that one of the reasons is that “blogging is like a loving sexual relationship – you just do not realize how rich and rewarding it is until you have experienced it” (David Gurteen).

For example, I find it very difficult to explain to non-blogger why

• blogging somehow builds trust to other people faster and better than other ways
• blogging somehow gives me a feeling of “belonging” to my “blogging neighborhood” and loyalty to this group
• I feel that blogging gives me better identity than any of my on-line profiles, my CV, list of my publications
• I feel that my blogging conversations are deep and engaging
• I feel that these conversations are dialogues with me and not “everyone on-line” even if they are public and distributed over several blogs

I mean, I can explain it to others, but it’s hard to believe. In many cases you have to get you feet wet before you convinced :)

Archived version of this entry is available at http://blog.mathemagenic.com/2003/04/08.html#a525; comments are here.

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