Bloggers That Do Not Identify Themselves As Bloggers

By Lance Winslow

Did you know that not every blogger thinks of themselves as a blogger? It's true, many bloggers blog for business or have a specific purpose or cause, they use their blogs as a vehicle to educate, inform and promote a cause or their businesses. Many bloggers that blog for social networking reasons assume that everyone blogs for the same reason they do, which is very far from reality.

Of course, perhaps this shows their short-sidedness and closed off world as they are completely networked with like-minded folks, fellow bloggers, but do not seem to see the total spectrum of blogging variations or uses. Not long ago I was listening to an interview by someone that was running a blogging network and someone who had 1000s of posts under their belt.

One of the first questions caught my curiosity as the interviewer asked: "How did you get into blogging?" and the gentleman being interviewed stated:

I am not really "into" blogging," in fact, I have a huge disdain for much of the blogging world. You see, I often feel when reading blogs that there are a whole lot of folks with a whole lot of opinions that have never done much of anything in their lives. Thus, I ask how much is their opinion really worth? And are they merely part of the 85 percentile of posers, wanna bees and malcontents, spreading sound and fury where ever they go?

Now mind you I have no problem reading various blogs from folks that are creative geniuses or have achieved something in the real world and then decide to blog about it, but I take issues with folks who have never done anything and want to tell everyone else what to do and what They Think because really who cares what they think, providing they do actually think?

I have placed information on a blog type format a time or two. It is my way of sharing what I have observed and the knowledge I have gained from doing."

Wow, that really did open my eyes to the fact that there are all types of bloggers, many of whom are merely using the vehicle because it exists, but not because they wish to socially network online. These people do not seem to respect most bloggers, for various and obvious reasons. Don't you find it interesting that there are so many uses for blogs and so many different types of bloggers?

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