You heard it here! and perhaps other places as well. People like me weblog for a variety of reasons but most of all as I think I said before it catharctic. Its a release. The stats here kinda demonstrate this as well. People at various places along the comet blog because it makes them feel better. They may blog to tell family and folks they are fine or not. A few may blog to become blogging superheroes or write explosive blogs about political corruption. Why you may read another blog is pretty interesting as well. But the article says the primary reason is not to find out the so-called inside scandal or read how authoritarian the other blogger is and that he must have the right stuff. Nope. Bzzzt. Its for entertainment 
Now the deep question is why. What makes it a emotional and psychological release? For the millions of bloggers that don’t know what an atom or RSS is or care to find out, its not about silly syndication. Its about personal exploration. So those millions don’t really care if they are linked here or here. Its more of a personal revelation than in and out links.
We can all reach out and reach in; but for millions of us that is all that matters. All the blogging services may provide insight; but they don’t really manage or deliver what we really need.
