The Unbecoming of a Blogger

I’ve been bothered by some “attitude” both implied and imposed on some posts i read from bloggers all over the blogosphere. Some of which has a stunningly positive effect to my daily undertakings and ideals while there are few that i need not absorb, believe and even intend to trash them to the world of fiction (sana naging sci-fi writer ka na lang).

We blog almost anything under the sun, everything from the imaginary to the most vivid object percieved by our senses. We blog with humor, emotion, passion, fear, anxiety and almost all other complex emotions are implied or shown in our entries. We blog about personal stuffs, career, jobs, money, business, entertainment, politics and even the life of other people for scrutiny. Blog entries elicit laughter, pity, fear, anger and hate!

There are few blogging for bloggings sake! Others for entertainment, for stress relief, to ease boredom, to get bucks from paid ads, for friendship and some for blog stats!

Our entries can say a thousand words about our personal background. It would expose our political stand, show our intelligence and stupidity, and sometimes exposed our deepest darkest secrets. It would also reflect someone’s breeding, rearing, developmental defects, personality disorder, abnormal behaviour, fallacies and fantasies. You can be yourself and be transparent or feed your illusions and be anonymous!

Styles of writing also differ. Others are written with 5 W’s and 1 H, others are done verbatimly, some are done in the most perfect literary and some are done like scribbles in the sand or scratches of a lustful feline! They also differ in approaches. Most are done on a first person approach, others are narratives and others are hearsays! Some are done in fallacy to entice sympathy, inculcate a good impression and worst appeal to pity or argumentum ad misericordiam-a fallacy frequently committed by desperate bloggers who need cash! A direct extortion with a cause! But no one would ever let go of a gramatically challenged entry be it in English, Tagalog or native tongue.

Blogging primarily has different functions.
Whatever they are.
Whoever their readers.
They differ in reason, logic and conviction!
Sounds like all three words are synonymous aint it? But hell, no!
And without these component, your conduct as a blogger is unbecoming.

Whether you like it or not, this is my blog!