With internet, people discovered a very efficient way to increase their freedom of expression. As a result, writing articles on a blog became something very popular for internet users. People use blogs for very various: it can be to share some pieces of their personal life, to share some information, to share some opinions on various topics (sports, politics, TV programs, movies, ...), or to simply to express some of their everyday thoughts(just like people do today on Twitter). Nowadays, there are an infinite number of blogs on every single topics with every different opinion and it is great. People can freely express themselves and it is one of the best aspects of blogs.
Another advantage of blogs is that it is easy for users to access knowledge and information. For example. when you want to buy a specific items, you can refer to some people's blogs who do reviews of the product you trying to buy. It is a very efficient and practical way to know which brand to buy over another one. Most of internet users rely and trust people's personal opinion in their online blog review. They trust them more than commercials.
In the article, the part about Don's wife really touched me. Indeed, I have a friend who have to go through a serious illness few years ago. At that time, he had a blog where he wrote many articles about his sickness and how he was feeling about it. For having discussed the subject with him, he told me that it was, for him, a great way to escape from his everyday life at the hospital with all its disadvantages like medicines, operations, ...
I think that your first two paragraphs are spot on with what blogs have been able to do for people throughout the years. I also know from experience that bloggers of headphones, tvs and other technologies are indeed taken much more seriously and people listen to their opinion when trying to decide on something to buy.
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