How The Blogging World Has Changed
It's barely two decades old, yet it's like as if it's been around forever. I'm talking about the blogging world. Back in or around 2007, when I stumbled upon blogging, I couldn't believe my eyes. A writer could get a domain in an instant and literally publish their poems and writings in a second. A close relative of mine had started an anonymous blog here on Blogger and had ended up as one of the top bloggers of the UK. She didn't tell me about it, I found out myself. I visited her online and I was fascinated. No, I didn't want to copycat anyone, but as someone who loved to write, I wanted a blog of my own. So I started one. Anonymously, of course. A Window on the World* For me, it really was an early form of social networking. I met fascinating people. Most of them were blogging under pseudonyms. You'd visit the sites of fellow bloggers to catch up. They'd visit you back. Communities evolved. In fact, I was an informal member of several blogging c