Expanding Blogosphere

The Blogosphere is expanding. It is slowly but surely contaminating the workspace, schools, homes, lappies and PDAs, etc..

I guess mostly it is due to those high profile bloggers. A few we have seen on TV, but mostly in newspapers and magazines. It has become something like a fashion icon. Instead of a private online journal, some blogs read like tabloids. Very entertaining i must say, but so different from what it has evolved from.

I'm sure many have heard of Mr Brown, Mr Miyagi, Cowboy Caleb, The Big Fuck and our most famous female blogger, Xiaxue. These are a few of the people who have taken blogging to greater heights. All good reads, with well written entries. Very entertaining, sometimes politically incorrect. Lolx.. All to be admired, i guess. It has come to a point that you can hardly open a newspaper without seeing an article about blogging and the like.

Now with all the youths getting into the blogging scene, there are even more hub dubs.

Many observe that some female bloggers use deviant means to attract blogders. (Blog readers, yes.. there are such people who spend most if their days in front of the computer, reading about the lives of others) Such as photos of themselves, skimpily clad. Topless, even nude.. Are such means neccessary? Yeah sure, they go " I'm proud of my body, i have nothing to hide" What about modesty? I guess sexy, suggestive photos are still acceptable.. But nude?

Are bloggers so desperate for "viewership" that they resort to such tactics? Maybe the men are happier, but i'm not impressed. Some would say that i can just avoid such blogs, but the truth is. I enjoy the read. I like their writing prose. So if i have to see a few not so decent photos, i don't mind.

I'm not trying to be all uppity and moralistic, just expressing an opinion. I think that Xiaxue got the brunt of this fiasco. Coz the stupid stupid editor(s) who made the stupid stupid mistake of putting her picture on the article. Seems like people are really down on her as well, because of what she blogged about "Anon". She may have been really catty about her Anon's boobs but that has always been her style of writing. So why come down on her now?

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. Just like, since Anon likes displaying her nude pix, by all means, go ahead. And Xiaxue can say anything she wants about that. It's only because her blog is so widely publicised, that the repercussions of her honesty, albeit tactlessness, are coming to haunt her.

But this brings unwanted attention to blogging. And it is not so safe anymore. Now, you can't just air you thoughts and views freely on your blog. You may get sued! So athough it's an expanding empire, is it for the best?

I have not been a blogger long, so i can't say much. Just stating my observations.

What i really really wanna do now, is to find another pair of funky funky boots. -bleahx-