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Do you come here without thinking? Are you reading ParentDish and you don't know why?A new study about blogs and their readers confirms that, like coffee, bedtime, and chewing one's nails -- blog reading is a habit.
A study based out of California says that blog readers check for new content on a blog similar to the way they check email - whether they are expecting something new at not. The actual content is secondary to the checking process, and if a post must be skipped, readers aren't too concerned.
Blog readers in the study said that blog reading was a form of "chilling" or "wasting time" (rather than a form of higher education, which is what I was anticipating. Harumph.)
I read primarily parenting blogs, and it does give me some kind of odd satisfaction to scroll through my bloglines, watching the black (fresh) posts turn to read (grey) posts as I skim through them. It's only a matter of time before we blog readers hit the mainstream.
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| For the voyeur/trainwreck value | |
| I like to know I'm not alone in my thoughts/actions | |
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4-14-2008 @ 12:13PM
Stacy said...I am a relatively new blogger/reader. Mainly, I read blogs for a variety of reasons. For entertainment, an escape, advice...and the list goes on!
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4-14-2008 @ 10:17PM
Eva said...Mostly I read blogs as a part of being in a community of blog readers and writers.
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4-14-2008 @ 3:12PM
MAYA NAIR said...I am addicted to Google Reader and your blog plus other parenting blogs via reader.
I an obsessive checker.
I think I am going to add that to my list of obsessions. Blog Checker.
ps, your blog cracks me up. All the time. Without fail. Period. (you get the drift...)
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