Blogging = Good or Bad?

The post today, is about blogging: Is blogging good or bad for you?

We live in a world where people tend to focus more on the bad side of things than the good. The internet, for example, has been a hot debate to whether it causes harm or benefits you.

When children don't do well in their studies, parents tend to blame the internet, and computer games for the bad results. Parents always ground or "ban" their kids from using the computer till they achieve better grades. But who or what is to be blame? Shouldn't the kids be blamed for not working hard enough, and neglecting schoolwork for games? Or should the schools, or even parents be blamed for continuously stressing out the kids, causing them to "freak out" or be rebellious?

Blogging is another big issue.

People gain fame (in a good way or bad) from blogging. Some, even benefit from their blogs because it not only brings them fame, but fortune as well.

I for one, don't necessarily blog for fame nor fortune, but for the mere fun of it. Blogging has been a useful tool for me, because not only does it expand my creativity, it also enables me to search for things/issues to blog about. I also blog-hop frequently. Thus, by doing so, I can update myself on all the latest buzz, be it in the entertainment industry or worldwide catastrophes. I'd say it's a rather interesting way to update ourselves.


On the other hand, a lot of people, including my dad are not huge fans of blogging. My dad thinks that it causes corruption of minds just from merely clicking from blog to blog.

Some blogs,true enough (it's either they want to gain fame from this sort of stuff or they think it's cool posting them) post about sex scandals and nude photos. People had posts about Paris Hilton's sex tape, High School Musical's Gabriella (Vanessa Anne Hudgens) nude phots.There were even posts about Singapore's very own sex diva: Tammy aka NYP scandal. I bet there's going to be more.

Posts like these not only bring unwanted attention to the victims(but I think Paris doesn't mind) but also to the fellow blogger who posted it. But it does increase you traffic flow though.Come on, who wouldn't click on a post with a title: "Crazy hot sex tapes and nude photos!!!"? Majority of us would, and to worsen things, amateurs who try hard to be accepted by fellow friends who have watched it, would click on it too, just so that they can be "cool" too, and discuss it together.


It's posts like these that are being circulated around and innocent minds and eyes are stained with "bad stuff".

So, is blogging good, or bad for you?