Summary:

Most blogs published today are becoming one-hit wonders, where the blogger will create the blog, publish one post and never post again. These blogs usually die after the person feels they haven’t gotten enough readers and then they stop trying. They need to try to get into the imaginary blogging community, where people will know they are in a community but never talk to anyone else within their community. The community is also filtered in the blogs they see, as many readers can’t find the “underwater part of the iceberg”. Some readers may not even be able to see any blogs at all due to the country filtering their internet or possibly not even have access to the internet.

Key Terms:

Iceberg – a large floating mass detached from a glacier. In the article, this is used in a form that sees the iceberg as a whole, whereas the majority of the “blogs” or ice, is in a completely different spot than the iceberg

Link – creating a hyperlink between two or more objects. The article describes that blogs are lost without links to other blogs or websites

Filtering – pass through a device to remove unwanted material. People need to filter their thoughts before spilling them out onto a blog by asking themselves “is this relevant?”

Barrier – an obstacle that keeps people and or things apart. Blogs may have a barrier of internet access, where the person can’t read what’s being published due to their lack of access to the internet.

Journalism – the act of writing something to be published. All bloggers are becoming journalists when they publish posts for their blog.