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Where did they come from? What do they want? What's the difference between a blog and a bastardized diary? These blogs have suddenly spawned like mushrooms from hell. I usually know what's going on but I have to admit I have no clue what their purpose is. Seems like a excuse for not having an idea for your website. Fill me in as Craig David would have said.

― John Smith, Wednesday, 21 February 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

They come from the Misty Mountain, where the spirits play. Duh.

― Ally, Wednesday, 21 February 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

...and the tangerine...*RABBITS*...

I've seen weblogs of one form or another since I've seen the web. I recall the legendary Mirsky target LoserNet, an amazing cataloging of obsession with an idiotic upstairs neighbor. They've just gotten a lot more popular thanks to Handy Software Things.

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 21 February 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

Well, in all honesty, mine "came from" me being a self-obsessed tosspot douchebag, but I think a lot of people think theirs comes from a need to be "creative" and tell the world all about your inner thoughts. So, basically, the purpose is that of a bastardized diary, as you put it in comparison format. Unfortunately, as with diaries, 99% of them are hideously uninteresting.

― Ally, Wednesday, 21 February 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

i think there's one easy answer to where they come from:

not being popular in school.

― brent d., Thursday, 22 February 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

i write a blog so that everyone can see how very very fascinating my life and i are. it hasn't worked though.

― alix, Thursday, 22 February 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

Nah, Brent, that's only where the shitty a-list blogs come from.

― Ally, Thursday, 22 February 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

I really don't get this blog stuff. It sounds like far too much fuss for a tool that allows you to post diary entries to the web. Or am I missing something?

― pihkal boy, Tuesday, 6 March 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago) link

five years pass...

Blogs, schmogs! Am I right?

― morris pavilion (samjeff), Friday, 9 June 2006 17:19 (seventeen years ago) link

Blogs? Blogs! is forthcoming from McSweeney's books.

― Eppy (Eppy), Friday, 9 June 2006 17:25 (seventeen years ago) link

Q: What's the difference between a blog and a bastardized diary?

A: A bastardized diary never sent anyone to... THE MORGUE! (dnn-dnn-dunnn!)

― morris pavilion (samjeff), Friday, 9 June 2006 17:39 (seventeen years ago) link

A: BASTARDIZED DIARIES WON'T STOP THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION

― morris pavilion (samjeff), Friday, 9 June 2006 17:42 (seventeen years ago) link

Blogs. Am I right, ladies?

― Joseph Patrick Larkin (Joseph P. Larkin), Saturday, 10 June 2006 00:35 (seventeen years ago) link

"Don't you really just have... a glorified LiveJournal?"

http://news.softpedia.com/images/news2/Jerry-Seinfeld-Chris-Rock-and-Dave-Chappelle-In-The-Comedy-Festival-2.jpg

― morris pavilion (samjeff), Saturday, 10 June 2006 01:09 (seventeen years ago) link

fourteen years pass...

If you started a blog and wrote daily but didn't push it on Twitter/Facebook or buy ads, would it ever even get picked up by search results today?

― Joe Bombin (milo z), Tuesday, 13 April 2021 05:43 (three years ago) link

I mean, sure, I follow some blogs like that and they’re easily searchable.

― Yawnsomely Literal Cover Band (morrisp), Tuesday, 13 April 2021 05:54 (three years ago) link

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