I don’t know. Why do people blog ? Hmmm – it’s a Friday afternoon, so I really don’t have time to ponder over vague philosophical questions. But they are similar questions, don’t you think ? This guy though does have some idea, and he puts it pretty succintly too :

“Why do people blog? You might as well ask why do fools fall in love, or what’s so funny ’bout peace, love and understanding. Or why did GM kill Oldsmobile (and how did a nameplate that sold over 200,000 cars a year still manage to tank)?

People blog because cave paintings are obsolete, but the need to say “I was here” never goes away. And very much like cave painting, Tuvan throat singing and late-braking on a off-camber, decreasing-radius left-hander, some folks are naturally good at it while others get buried in the weeds a time or two before reconsidering their life path. “

Full article here.

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