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What Brings Users to Blogs?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the skewed-sample-populations dept.

Billosaur writes "The Center for Citizen Media Blog has an interesting overview of the Collaborative News Survey 'Hype versus Reality', detailing the results of a study done by Hsing Wei from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government on why users are attracted to collaborative news, commenting and blogging sites. Among the conclusions of the study are that people who use these sites are 'mostly young and male, especially those who visit technology-related sites, looking for 'a fix of unique, informative fun,' and 'filling in the blanks' left by traditional news sources. Or is it just because it beats working?"

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  1. Because. You can always find an audience. by lecithin · · Score: 4, Funny

    Dark and lonely on a summer's night.

    Kill my landlord. Kill my landlord.

    Watchdog barking. Do he bite?

    Kill my landlord. Kill my landlord.

    Slip in his window. Break his neck.

    Then his house I start to wreck.

    Got no reason. What the heck?

    Kill my landlord. Kill my landlord.

    C-I-L my land lord!

    -Tyrone Green

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    It could be worse, it could be Monday.
  2. Re:Visiting Slashdot... by eln · · Score: 5, Funny

    No they don't.

  3. Re:Visiting Slashdot... by dr_dank · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yes, they do. I remember a group who said they didn't. They were called NAZIS!

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    Where does the school board find them and why do they keep sending them to ME?
  4. Isn't it simple? by harmonica · · Score: 4, Funny
    What I like about the blogs I read:
    • Good, original content.
    • Certain language skills.
    • Regular updates.
    • A sense of humour.

    And for everything else there's Slashdot. ;-)