Re: [-empyre-] links

[helen varley jamieson <helen@creative-catalyst.com>]

>>
>> this discussion is about weblogs, not instituional sites. are weblogs there
>> to meet the expectations of those who read/visit them? i don't think so.
>
>oh oh oh....
>
>this sounds suspiciously like, "I just blog/vog for myself. I don't do it to
>please anybody but myself."
>
>i just can't let that one go!
>blogs (and i would assume it's the same with vogs) are totally about
>meeting the
>expectations of those who read them.
>Even if the only assumed reader is the author herself.
>c'mon, be honest now.
>haven't you ever in a blog/vog, or even print diary, thought as you've
>written,
>"heh.. this is funny! i'm going to look back on this one day and be all
>entranced
>with my own writing style!"
>

is it the same for other bloggers? (not being one myself) - that meeting
the readers' expectations is what it's all about? i would have thought
there were many other personal motivations there as well. it's an evolving
thing - is there a point when readers develop collective expectations, & a
point when bloggers start to respond to those expectations?

chicken, egg, chicken, egg ...

h : )




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