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Blogging Now Good for You, Still Bad for Some

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the join-the-eggs-and-cholesterol-club dept.

Several users have alerted us to a May Scientific American article that has been getting some attention more recently. Apparently, blogging is now good for you and, at least in this context, is the suggested reason for the explosion of blogging. This is quite the departure from some of the results we have seen in practice for more prolific bloggers.

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  1. Blags! by MortenMW · · Score: 2, Funny

    Oh yeah, give us even more blags!

  2. bad for some? by bsDaemon · · Score: 3, Funny

    I prefer to think of it as, "Blogging good for me, bad for society" -- at least considering what I'd probably write if I had one.

    1. Re:bad for some? by Corky+Devereaux · · Score: 0, Funny

      I prefer to call it memecasting! I love to coin neologisms.

  3. Next week's news by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 2, Funny

    Next week's news: Study finds that blogging causes cancer!

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    My blog
  4. Re:The difference by bsDaemon · · Score: 4, Funny

    Maybe you should start a blog to blow the lid off this whole thing?

  5. Re:journaling yes, blogging no by CastrTroy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Journalling isn't always good. Just ask Hans Reiser.

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    Anthropic principle: We see the universe the way it is because if it were different we would not be here to see it.
  6. Be careful, though... by Quiet_Desperation · · Score: 3, Funny

    Blogging about Eastasia is still considered harmful, unless we're allied with Eurasia. Wait...

  7. Oblig. by thedrx · · Score: 4, Funny

    Blogs are good for you? What about those people who died in a blog accident, you insensitive clod?

  8. It's all about me, Me, ME! by Animats · · Score: 4, Funny

    So whining about yourself on your own blog is good for you. But writing about something of interest to others isn't.

    Well, it explains the success of Myspace.

    "You are not trying. You are whining." Nigel to Andrea, "The Devil Wears Prada".

  9. And... by Jor-Al · · Score: 2, Funny

    Researchers also confirm that reading summaries written by ScuttleMonkey lowers your IQ by 30 points.

  10. Re:journaling yes, blogging no by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    That comment made me ill. Want to blog about it?
  11. Re:Written skills by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    This is exactly how they ensnare bloggers. If somebody is writing a blog about your company and you don't know who it is, just look for the person whose writing and communications skills have increased the most since the blog began!

  12. Re:journaling yes, blogging no by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Then you get the comfort of knowing at least you aren't that guy.