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What on the Internet isn’t burgeoning or spreading like wild fire, especially if it’s something that lets Web warriors express themselves? Content management software, social networking systems, blog hosting — both paid and free-of-charge — and now newfangled services such as those for video blogging and podcasting have cropped up in exponential numbers.

However, I don’t think it’s merely a case of opportunists jumping in the bandwagon. There truly is a huge demand for various Internet-based services. Let’s take the case of blogging. Since no one platform can satisfy everybody’s peculiar needs, many blog platforms have burst into the scene and are flourishing, each catering to a segment of the global blogosphere. One more entrant: a Blogging Community by thoughts.com. It seems to me that this is a fairly recent development.

I’m guessing this Blogging Community could take off and be the next big thing on the ‘Net. But this will depend on how responsive this service is: the technical aspect vis-à-vis the people factor. If the operators of thoughts.com respond fast enough to growing subscriber needs and demands, the level of acceptance will surely increase just as quickly. And the snowball effect will have begun. Read on»

Just now I realized that I’d been inconsistent about where I post when I blog about blogging. I’ve used this blog to talk about, for example, blogging convictions. And I’ve used Ang Dabawenyo when I was blogging about the 1st Davao Bloggers Party. And I’ve also posted blogging-related stuff at I.T. Talks!

So now I’m finally deciding to keep blogging topics right here at Blogie Blog. This is, after all, my blogbase.

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