Comprehending Blogs

I scrambled through my class notes searching for the name which was partly blurred up in my memory. As I found my way to the English Literature Arts class blog and noticed my office trial was almost up, evoking in me a deep resentment towards technology. I came across the excerpt from “Blogs” by Sarah Boxer as I slowly scrolled down the screen. The first few sentences made no lasting impression on me for I felt like I knew about that better than her, which of course I didn’t. As she mentioned the word “Weblog” my mind seemed to clip into the text, probably finding the word amusing. I kept on staring at those red symbols which seemed to hurt my eyes. As I highlighted the text on blue, making it easier on myself, a thought seemed to trigger right into my head yelling: “Hey man you really know nothing about it. You barely had a blog months ago and did not fully comprehend its utility. Just read.” The voice was convincing enough. I read.

“Instead of figuring out ways to serve up good fresh finds, many of the new bloggers were fixated on getting found. So the very significance of linking began to change. The links that had once mattered were the ones you offered on your blog, the so-called outbound links pointing to other sites. Now the links that mattered most—and still do—are those on other blogs pointing toward your blog, the so-called inbound links”( Sarah Boxer, “Blogs”). As I read this particular idea I thought beyond the factual statement, as if trying to picture myself a “blogger”. It was interesting to think how even an article on the blogging community hints to the human development concerning social behavior side by side with technology. After all, the essence of bloggers had changed as the way technology got used evolved. Sarah Boxer clearly uses cause and effect up there. At first it was all about the links you provided. Now it was selfish, all about how to get links hinting to your blog. But after all, what’s to expect of bloggers if even I have the same evolutionary pattern in my life. I was once concerned about unimportant events and worked my mind out over life ignorantly following the crowd to where they went, sort of like clicking on a link. As I grow I become more about creating links to my person, about acting in ways to make people remember me. We become what humans are meant for. We become survivors in memory of others, we strive to stand out and make the top of the list. As I work my mind over this I create a pathway of “links” inside my head. The next one taking me to the crazy thought that in effect, we are all our little blogs. We all live around sharing our opinions in order for others to read and comment. We all find ourselves in the mercy of what others link us to: be that fashion, politics, casual conversations or even visual propaganda. I have finally come to the understanding of how a blog really works, for I have experienced a personal blog all the time.