After taking the survey in class on Friday on our opinion of the blog project and whether we want it to stay next semester, I decided to dedicate my post to why I think it should continue and how I have concluded that even though we may complain at times, I believe that we all have our own certain obsession with the blogs. Some people depict “fish feeders”-the people that go to every blog and feed those really fun interactive fish that almost everyone has somewhere on their page. Others embody “poll-takers”-the people that choose to ignore the fish but browse every blog to give their opinion on randomly polled topics. Some probably depict “creepers”-those who read and observe many blogs, but choose to ignore all polls, fish or anything else letting anyone know they ever looked. I am sure we have a considerable number of “Bobbie’s Blog Banter lovers”-people who strive to become a regular on the show so they always go home and read the entries Ms. Serensky mentions in class to learn from the professionals. Others may depict the “self-centered bloggers”-those who only look at other blogs when required for the weekly comments, and use the majority of their time obsessing over adding excessive images, gadgets and polls to their own blog. Lastly, and I can safely say I show this certain form of blog obsession, depicts the “page view number-lovers”. I am not a very competitive person by nature, but for some reason I absolutely love the excited feeling I get when I see the number of page views my blog has received. It would be a lie to say that I do not occasionally browse the other blogs and see how my page views compare to some of the other counts on people’s pages. For example, today as I logged onto my blog to begin deciding on information for the final exam, I got a little too excited when I saw my number of page views corner read “401”. Not by any means does this depict the highest that I have seen, but still I am pretty proud that I have managed to break into the four hundreds. So, no matter which specific obsession you may feel, I think we all can safely agree that as we near the end of our blogging relationship on our second to last blog of the semester, we all may miss some obsession if the blog project stops.
1/9/11
Stuck on Blogs
After taking the survey in class on Friday on our opinion of the blog project and whether we want it to stay next semester, I decided to dedicate my post to why I think it should continue and how I have concluded that even though we may complain at times, I believe that we all have our own certain obsession with the blogs. Some people depict “fish feeders”-the people that go to every blog and feed those really fun interactive fish that almost everyone has somewhere on their page. Others embody “poll-takers”-the people that choose to ignore the fish but browse every blog to give their opinion on randomly polled topics. Some probably depict “creepers”-those who read and observe many blogs, but choose to ignore all polls, fish or anything else letting anyone know they ever looked. I am sure we have a considerable number of “Bobbie’s Blog Banter lovers”-people who strive to become a regular on the show so they always go home and read the entries Ms. Serensky mentions in class to learn from the professionals. Others may depict the “self-centered bloggers”-those who only look at other blogs when required for the weekly comments, and use the majority of their time obsessing over adding excessive images, gadgets and polls to their own blog. Lastly, and I can safely say I show this certain form of blog obsession, depicts the “page view number-lovers”. I am not a very competitive person by nature, but for some reason I absolutely love the excited feeling I get when I see the number of page views my blog has received. It would be a lie to say that I do not occasionally browse the other blogs and see how my page views compare to some of the other counts on people’s pages. For example, today as I logged onto my blog to begin deciding on information for the final exam, I got a little too excited when I saw my number of page views corner read “401”. Not by any means does this depict the highest that I have seen, but still I am pretty proud that I have managed to break into the four hundreds. So, no matter which specific obsession you may feel, I think we all can safely agree that as we near the end of our blogging relationship on our second to last blog of the semester, we all may miss some obsession if the blog project stops.
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Carolyn-
ReplyDeleteI want to continue blogs too. I feel like as much as people complain, everyone secretly loves the blogs. I mean who doesn't like taking the first five minutes of class to listen to music and hear about funny blogs? Also, I like it because it is an assignment that incorporates English, but you can still put your own twist on it. I have to admit I fall into the categories of "creepers." I read a lot of blogs but barely interact with them besides my two mandatory comments. I really hope that we continue blogging. And if we do not, maybe I'll continue my blog in hope that someone like "Cheryl," a real person, reads it.
Carolyn!
ReplyDeleteI wrote about this too! I definetly think we should continue with the blogs. It is funny to see where all our fellow classmates fall into in "blogger type"-wise, so I think we should stay with them. And now that Bobbie's Blog Banter has an actual theme song, how could we stop?
Haha, Carolyn, I feel the exact same way about the page views. I love seeing that number increase, although I sometimes think that it's because I check it so much...That's a major possibility.
ReplyDeleteI also agree about keeping the blogs, since they can be annoying to always keep in mind during the week, but overall they're fun and usually funny too.