Chowrangi

I’m not saying that men comment a lot. Obviously, looking at the comment to views ratio on blogs, it is obvious that most readers have something against commenting. However, out of the very few who do comment, why do they mostly consist of men?

Going by the fact that women tend to talk a lot more than men, it is surprising to see women not raising an opinion in the comments section. Maybe they like to keep their opinions among women only, not wanting “strange” men to read their thoughts.

What does it take to be a blogging genius? Interesting content, good usage of the English language and the ability to transform personal thoughts into words. However, for the new and upcoming bloggers of today, blogging is about visiting other websites and blogs and copying what they find.

Someone on this blog wanted to know why even pointless posts attract a lot of views and comments while good, useful ones don’t. It is a person’s own thoughts and ideas that are respected which eventually generate traffic. I personally love to read what other people think of different aspects of life. I don’t want to know about people’s copy pasting skills, especially when they don’t even bother to mention the source. This is why “pointless” posts attract a lot of traffic and comments while “useful” ones don’t.

When people visit a blog, they want something that is interesting, something different. If it doesn’t appeal to the reader right away, he/she might not visit the blog again. This is why it is wise to write on different subjects, and my favorites include lifestyle, blogging and the occult category.

I personally blog at Chowrangi because of the beautiful layout, the freedom to write on anything I want and the vast number of categories. I didn’t start a personal blog for the simple reason that there are millions out there, lying in some corner eating dust. Multi-authored blogs generate a lot of traffic, so it is wise to blog at one, if you want people to read what you write.

One thing that I have not been able to understand is, why are readers so miserly when it comes to appreciating the good work of a blogger? From personal to multi authored blogs, I have seen a lot of brilliant bloggers who contribute selflessly to inform others on various topics and yet readers do not show appreciation.

It takes a lot of time and effort to blog, and appreciation is the one thing that motivates a blogger to keep going. Lack of it can not only slow a blogger down but it can actually make him quit, and the reader who could not spend a few seconds doing his/her part in the comments section will probably end up wondering why.

Media in Pakistan has grown after mushrooming of private TV channels and we have seen number of journalists becoming analysts, hosts and opinion-makers, making and breaking public image of their followers. On the other hand, cyber space has been getting populated in our country since last few years as people started to get into blogging and making their mark by commenting and participating in discussions. The word “Breaking news” remains the hero of print, cyber or electronic media. A race to break the news sometimes distorts the ethics of journalism but as they say “jo dikhta hai wo bikta hai”, so it has become an industry now. Columnists like Hamid Mir, Ansar Abbasi, Shahid Masood, Talat Hussain, Javed Chauhdary, Nazir Naji, Rauf Klasra and many others got recognition and fame from electronic media. Cyber Media has also started to developed readership of die-hard followers, reading and commenting on blogs and websites. Thus, the world of news and journalism modernized at very high-speed.

Wednesday 22nd July, 2009 mankind will witness the longest total solar eclipse that will occur in the twenty-first century.

What is Solar Eclipse?

An eclipse of the sun occurs when the moon revolving in its orbit around the earth comes between the sun and the earth. The moon blocks the light of the sun and a shadow of the moon is cast over the earth’s surface.

On this blog I have seen many authors in their posts and readers in the comments section spell lose as loose. When I visit other blogs I notice the same thing. Even people who write in near perfect English spell lose as loose. The only time when loose is used is while referring to the opposite of tight. Otherwise, it’s always lose. Lose your keys, lose a game, lose wealth, lose time, lose business etc. The past tense is lost. No one says loost while referring to the past so why say loose while referring to the present.

If you think about the best bloggers out there, names of males will come to mind. Look at any multi-authored blog, and you will see the majority of bloggers are males. Look at personal blogs and the top rated ones belong to males. Look at commentators on blogs and….you’ve guessed it, males.

I have seen very few female bloggers and out of the ones that I have seen, none blogs frequently. The opposite can be said of males. Blogging machines. Sometimes I get the feeling that they have been locked up somewhere with a laptop. Why does blogging appeal so much to males and not to females? Why are males crazy about blogging and females aren’t? What is it about blogging that males find so addictive and females don’t?

Blogging is seriously very addictive. It doesn’t take long before you become a blogaholic. Seeing your post published gives you a rush, and you want that rush again.

Every blogger loves comments. However, most people are just too shy to comment. Clearly, after reading a post, there is something you want to add, something you want to take away, something you agree with, something you disagree with, something you want to point out, something you want to change, something you want to share…

Where characteristics like ‘easy’ and ‘free’ have enabled literally everyone situated anywhere (of course having access to Internet) to setup blogs or sites, but it has also added a huge pile of useless and inutile to the wild wide web.

We all know it and we all understand it, but just for the heck of it, and just to keep ourselves satisfied that we are sticking to the “fad”, we not only comment on the crap, but also include it in our blogroll. I have seen many “popular” blog which discuss nothing but the critical problem of “Why Praveena has been killed in the last episode of Ba, Bahoo Aur Baby soap?” That post was on a popular blog in India, and the number of comments and views were astounding.