I think you’ve really nailed it on the head … bloggers are in essence professional commenters (assuming they earn money from it), because we draw commentary on the world around us. Whether we talk about sports, tech, love, or politics, we’re talking. As you can probably tell from a lot of blogs online, the commetnts are quickly diminishing due to more social forms of commentary (Twitter, Facebook, G+), but I think it’s more of a convenience thing … perhaps there’s a post in here somewhere :)

In terms of your own commenting, it sounds like you need a personal blog :) ( http://goo.gl/waBfB )!! Regardless, always feel to hang with us here at the family of Fuel blogs and add your commentary if it doesn’t fit in with your other topics!

There’s nothing more stimulating than community interaction.

Right now, as you may have guessed, I’m standing in an Apple store replying to an entire group of people interested in blogging. Not only am I surrounded by the good folk at Apple, but I get to take all of you guys with me :)

Communicating with people is getting easier and easier, which, as you said, enables us to share ideas, thoughts, feelings, and our experiences.

I’m really excited to see where we go in the next 10 years … when things change so fast, everything’s possible.

Cheers.

I wonder if I could make a career out of professional commenter?

If you’re ever interested in contributing an article, let me know. :)

@ChristopherR2D2

Most of the funny reactions were on Twitter shortly after posting.

By the way, the design of your blog is cosmawesome!

Just as the personal computer frenzy in the 70’s and 80’s, blogging is evolving every day and we’re all experiencing it for the first time, no matter if we’ve been blogging for 10 years or 10 minutes.

Glad to be here with all of you in our own little blogger’s club!

This post from blogger and author Pasta Queen totally sums up how I was feeling months before I shut down my blog: http://pastaqueen.com/blog/2010/05/not-sure-what-to-say/

Blogging, especially on a personal level, is supposed to be cathartic… a completely anonymous (if you want it to be) medium for speaking your mind, saying what you need to say and then standing behind it, because no one is supposed to know who you are. Unfortunately bits of us come out without our intent and soon your readers feel like they know you.

As well, I find that my opinions change a lot based on my experiences. If I said blue was my favorite color, and then had a lot of experiences with red and months later declared that I was enamored with red, I’d get 10 responses that said, “I thought you said BLUE was your favorite color?!?!?” People hold onto things you say and throw it back in your face, as if you aren’t ever supposed to change or grow. Heaven forbid you change your mind on something– that has to be a completely separate announcement.

I found personal blogging to be a little too “me” focused. As my friend Sarah calls it, “Navel Gazing”. So much introspection… and I’m not that deep.

And even though it was “me” focused, I still felt like I couldn’t say the things I really wanted to say. And then I was paying monthly for hosting and annually for a domain and not using it, so I shut it down and haven’t looked back. I have a private journal now, to which no one has access. It is only there that I am my real self.