What Brings Users to Blogs?

Billosaur writes "The Center for Citizen Media Blog has an interesting overview of the Collaborative News Survey 'Hype versus Reality', detailing the results of a study done by Hsing Wei from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government on why users are attracted to collaborative news, commenting and blogging sites. Among the conclusions of the study are that people who use these sites are 'mostly young and male, especially those who visit technology-related sites, looking for 'a fix of unique, informative fun,' and 'filling in the blanks' left by traditional news sources. Or is it just because it beats working?"

Because. You can always find an audience.

[lecithin]

Dark and lonely on a summer's night.

Kill my landlord. Kill my landlord.

Watchdog barking. Do he bite?

Kill my landlord. Kill my landlord.

Slip in his window. Break his neck.

Then his house I start to wreck.

Got no reason. What the heck?

Kill my landlord. Kill my landlord.

C-I-L my land lord!

-Tyrone Green

Re:Visiting Slashdot...

[eln]

No they don't.

Re:Some people speak merely to hear themselves tal

[Anonymous Coward]

Amen!

Re:Visiting Slashdot...

[dr_dank]

Yes, they do. I remember a group who said they didn't. They were called NAZIS!

Re:Make your voice heard.

[scrow]

I also think: Boobs = Good, and it also fits with your reasoning. With boobs you can flesh out the details, innacuracies (different size of left vs right) and if your lucky you may collaborate with them as well.

Re:Visiting Slashdot...

[Kesch]

Oh, sorry, I thought this was the forum for arguments.

Isn't it simple?

[harmonica]

What I like about the blogs I read:

• Good, original content.
• Certain language skills.
• Regular updates.
• A sense of humour.

And for everything else there's Slashdot. ;-)

There are some good points here......

[8127972]

..... I think I'll quote them in my blog.

Depends on which blog

[Kohath]

It depends on which blog you mean. I know what brings people to Roland Piquepaille's blog.

Re:Make your voice heard.

[LurkerXXX]

Really? I come to /. for the dupes.

Stupid git!!

[MarkByers]

Oh, sorry, I thought this was the forum for arguments.

I'm sorry, but this is abuse. You want room 12A, Just along the corridor.

Stupid git!!