Aimlessly listening

• Posted by Rachel de Blanc February 28, 2009 Filed in Society Girl's Personal Blogs 1,049 views
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  I wonder whether there is any statistical evidence to confirm that women read blogs more than men? I recently listened to a radio article about blogs, about their existence and whether they perform a function. The conversation suggested that to be successful, a blog needs to develop its’ own form and structure. It suggested that aimless typing (such as this) was the scourge of blogs, being unnecessary, often boring, frequently vain and often vacuous.
  
  I sense that blogging, possibly even internet social-networking has reached a maturity, or at least, within the developed world this means of communication has reached a plateau. After five years of Facebook, if you haven’t already joined then you are possibly unlikely to..
  
  In my opinion, TWeb’s turnover – if I can describe it as such, seems to have reduced a little. Why is this? What’s next for social networking sites, how do they sustain themselves?
  
  During the same week, I also heard another radio article about Gentlemen’s Clubs, one of the last bastions of the privileged male, privately-educated upper class. Once cigar-filled and full of echoed mutterings about business and cricket, they too are in decline and must change to survive.
  
  There’s no direct link between Gentlemen’s Clubs and TWeb of course (not perceivably at least) but both offer an environment where an individual can communicate and be embraced within a comforting, understanding world.
  
  Not a great philosophical train of thought I appreciate, or particularly insightful, but I’d be interested to know if anyone else has similar views.
  
  Perhaps this illustrates one key rule about blogging. Don’t do it unless you have a real reason to do so. This is why the high water mark of blogging may have passed. Unless you can write or have something stimulating to say, don’t do it.
  
  I’ll write something aimless again in the not too distant future. Unless I can think of something to say of course, in which case, I may say it sooner.