Why do we blog?

By Sim Kwang Yang

A piece posted by a writer by the name of “a pensioner” in Dayak Baru has this to say about why people blog.

“Blogging is nothing, other than a hobby & perhaps therapy for some. Blogs are meant for pensioners who have nowhere to spend their remaining valuable time. In short bloggers are those who have nothing better to do. They hope (only hope) to help shape public opinion, but as proven in Batang Ai…voters has no respect for bloggers. Not only the voters shy away, they don’t trust bloggers for they tell only half-baked truth.

“Misperception…bloggers seemed to think too highly of themselves, not knowing they are disgruntle lots.”

I am quite sure there are many bloggers who do blog as a hobby, for nothing better to do, in their young or old age. But the constrictive view expressed above is a little unfair to all bloggers in Malaysia.

In his latest posting on Malaysia Today entitled Sun Tze and the art of war, Raja Petra Kamarudin wrote this about the power of the internet:

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