Thursday, May 1, 2008

Blogging COMMUNITY

One of the main reasons why blogs have been so particularly popular is mainly because of the communities. This basically means every community has its own liking and the only thing people seem to write in blogs always seems to stay on one path. For example if I enjoy reading about cars I would obviously read a blog that only talks about cars.

A blogging community is basically a group of bloggers that blog about the same thing. Best example would be something like a forum, where people debate about the same thing. As long as there is a same interest among a group of people, there will be a community which also refers to blogging.

In Isabella Santos (2007), she says that we ask humans being have a tendency to wonder about what might happen. When it comes to a story whether it’s from a books or a movies, there is always a linear story line which is known as a canon. We as humans always wonder was on the other side and will fill up the missing gaps in the story with our own understanding.

There are many blog communities that are built up from people having the same interest or ideals. One of the fastest growing communities that can be compare to the Star Wars fan community is the fans of the xbox game “Halo” which is the community is also known as “Halo Nation”.

In this community, players of the game come together to either discuss about things related to the sci-fi genre. At http://halonation.com/, it provides fans with discussion of the character and game. This is an example of an every growing culture. People with the same interest will always be more comfortable with similar people.

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