From Me to You: My first blog

Ok, so this is officially my first piece of work that I have ever published online. It seems sort of unusual to me, talking to no one yet talking to everyone who uses the internet. I know that as I write this, I can be myself, but also I can be someone completely different; yet the reader would have no idea of who I am. Blogs are interesting, they give you the confidence to be yourself and/or the ability to be someone else. A blog reminds me of an online diary, a little less private but somehow the same. I myself really enjoy history; I like to find out where things came from and why. So naturally I googled the term "history of blogs," and as per usual, thousands of results pooled in. Within a minute I had scanned through several pages and found the information I wanted. I'm not going to specifically cite anything but it appears the general history of blogs is like almost anything that is popular, at one point it wasn't. Blogs started as online forums, and most users didn't have a term for what they were doing. The term blog is a relatively new one, which created a buzz when Blogger was released. My personal thoughts on blogs vary, when it comes to research it's almost impossible to find a credible blog. However, blogs let the reader get "up close" and "personal" with the author about any subject that they write about. I believe that the only way a blog can make an impact is if the author has a purpose for writing, why should the public care about why red traffic lights irritate the author? When there is a point to be made, then blogs are a key communication tool which internet users should not take for granted.

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