Blog Session Obsession

I am addicted to many forms of social media (facebook, twitter, fml, etc) but one form I am not addicted to is blogging, but I know plenty of people who are. There are blogs about anything and everything, from parenting to movies and other forms of media and everything in between. Social media, especially blogs, sometimes creates an outlet for people to create high intensity situations and release steam. This often leads to debates that then lead to free-for-alls, but to some the whole attraction of blogging is the drama it creates. I had a friend who was obsessed with baby blogs. She followed some mothers blogs from the time the pregnancy was discovered to the birth of the baby and after. Her “break times” from studying to eat dinner became “read blog time” and her actual study time became blog time. She was often just as happy as some of the to-be mothers when they found out they were pregnant and started their blogs even though she had no clue who the person was and would even cry if the pregnancy ended sadly. She became more than consumed in the baby blogging world. In her case especially, blogging becomes so addictive sometimes because she follow their stories so closely she felt connected to other bloggers as if she knew them.

Sarah Beth Mounts