MIT did an interesting study on blogging. Here are some of the findings:
– the great majority of bloggers identify themselves on their sites: 55% of respondents provide their real names on their blogs; another 20% provide some variant of the real name (first name only, first name and initial of surname, a pseudonym friends would know, etc.)
– 76% of bloggers do not limit access (i.e. readership) to their entries in any way
– 36% of respondents have gotten in trouble because of things they have written on their blogs
I find the last statistic particularly interesting. 36% seems awfully high to me. Are people really that thoughtless about the things they write in a public blog? Over the year and a half I’ve been doing this, I’ve developed some rules of thumb for my own blogging. I keep names of friends and family anonymous. I don’t write extensively about work. I re-read everything before hitting the PUBLISH button to make sure nothing is overly harsh or revealing. No, the only person that will be portrayed as a jerk in this blog is me.
Did anyone see the Courtney Love interview on Letterman last night? I liked the last Hole album, but I was about ready to reach through the television and slap her across the face. What a strung-out, narcissistic has-been. And what happened to her voice? It sounded like bald tires screeching over gravel.
She’s been taking voice lessons?