Blogging Communities Turn Faceless Strangers into Close Friends

Filed under:Blogging the Web — posted on December 31, 2009 @ 3:54 am

I’ve been searching the Internet for blogging sites for a fair while now and recently I came across a whole blogging community, which has grabbed my interest greatly. It’s called Joe User and it’s a site that many bloggers all around the globe are partaking in. It is very well organized into categories such as Best Articles, Newest blog entries, Top blogging sites, New sites and Most hit-on bloggers. The blogs range from very personal life introspection to serious analysis of current affairs in the media.

The aspect that has appealed to me the most is the very personal type of blogging community. Many people are talking about their feelings and issues about life with people that technically they have never met face to face. However, the type of camaraderie I’ve ‘witnessed’ as a bystander has truly amazed me. These people talk to each other as though they are extremely close friends, and the strange thing is I think this is the reality.

When one person has something important happen to them in their life, up to 100 or more comments will arrive under their blog entry with advice and information as well as emotional support from their blogging friends. Of course there are some differences in opinion, but the general perspective seems to be one of a positive approach to humanity. People are really spilling out their souls to each other, and then accepting criticism as well as discussing possible solutions to problems. I just find this to be truly inspirational, a human community or ‘tribe’ that has formed simply because of the Internet’s existence.

These people must spend a lot of time communicating with each other. Some are writing new entries everyday, as well as articles and conversations. The conversations usually happen in the ‘comments’ section where one can see that these people often stay up into the late hours of the morning, blogging to each other back and forth. The amount of love shared by these arbitrary acquaintances is astounding. One could perceive the whole experience as a form of therapy but I think it is much more than that. I believe this is a sign of a revolution. The coming of the New Human Tribe has begun.

If random bloggers can evolve into a community of people who trust, respect, and are intimate and united with each other this says a lot for the human condition. People are tired of the segregated, separatist reality of countries, cultures, races and religions. These group blogging sites, or collective on-line journals as I now like to think of them, are symbolic of the future connectedness of all of humanity. It may take a hundred years, or a thousand, or maybe only fifty, but it definitely looks like there’s hope yet for the warring, greedy humans. One day we all may be ‘one’ again in our minds as well as our physical forms.

About The Author

Jesse S. Somer is a human who is working to help the New Human Tribe come together by means of the Internet communicative process. http://www.m6.net

Business Coaching Can Help in All Aspects of Life

Filed under:Biz, Blogging the Web, World Of Management — posted on May 4, 2009 @ 2:27 pm

Think back on all the people in your life who have helped you attain success in different stages. Teachers, coaches, mentors. These are the people who have guided you, encouraged you, and shaped who you are. Most people associate this kind of encouragement and reassurance with growing up. It’s a part of the right of passage that people encounter throughout life. But what many people overlook later on in life is the option of business coaching. Business owners have a hard road in front of them, and that road looks even bumpier these days due to the nature of our unstable economy. Going at it alone is intimidating, daunting, and at times costly.

Using a business coach to help with important business decisions is just like a sports coach, or life coach. Business coaching helps business owners to stay on track and grow their business. Coaches help to make the tough calls, keep pace, and keep sight of long and short term goals. Using a business coach can be the difference between success and failure for many new and even established businesses. Most entrepreneurs just don’t realize that business coaching is a necessity, not a luxury. For more information about business coaching, visit The Alternative Board website.