I can honestly say, right now, the Internet is boring the hell out of me in a bigger way than at any other point in my eight years online.
Hence, the lack of blogging. I find it hard to see the point in bothering at the moment. I’m certainly not part of the Blogging Community, if such a thing exists, and I don’t feel this blog gives me any kind of real connection with other people. The worst thing is, people only tend to respond to me when I’m ranting. From that, I must infer that I’m boring as hell when I’m not having a moan! That doesn’t provide me with very much incentive. I’m not gonna moan to get attention, but I can’t be bothered wasting my time on something that people find dull, either. Maybe I am dull!
For the first time in eight years, I feel that if the Internet didn’t offer a few specific informational benefits (being able to look up films and actors on imdb, for instance), I’d cancel my account and not bother anymore. If the Internet is such a wonderful tool for communication, blah-de-blah, I’m seeing zero evidence of it.
Bored, bored, BORED.
People are generally more likely to comment on a rant.
Maybe because they feel the same way and the anger motivates them to sound off, maybe they feel the opposite way and want to put you straight. 🙂
I find myself commenting more to someone’s rants than to general pieces, but I am still interested in what they say.
On community, I think perhaps you have to want to blog for yourself, and not care about if others interact with you.
I rarely get comments on my blog but I carry on regardless (maybe that’s just me though).
You’re probably right, but I can’t help this current feeling of absolute boredom. I’m bored with the Internet in general.
I mostly like the idea of a blog being a tool for communication, somehow, because otherwise I might as well keep a paper diary. I guess the main problem is, you need to have something interesting to say! Maybe I don’t!
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