In chapter 3 of Smarter
than You Think by Clive Thompson, I read how the websites we use today helps us, but we're not using it in the correct way. He tells us that hashtags (#)
are a way that people can get on the same topic and find out more about what they're
interested in. He also talks about websites that people would post comments
and opinions on a website for others to read and understand more about a
certain subject. Later this developed forums on blogging where someone would
post something and others would ask those questions or opinions on it. Other
websites picked up on this, such as Reddit, where people would post AMAs (Ask
me anything) where anyone from a celebrity or even a normal person would answer
questions directed towards them from the community. From these questions a new
website developed called Quora. Anyone can answer questions from anyone and
became a popular site for knowledge. Question websites has a format that
encourages people to ask questions about anything they’re interested on so this
is why blogging is used less than question websites due to the thought of “Who
asked?”
Ah Yes! I can sort of relate to why blogging is used less then anonymous question websites. If you've haven't heard of this website "ask.fm," it's a website where people make accounts and anonymous people ask questions to each other. There's always a thrill when getting a question because you don't know who sent you that. With blogging, you're not answering anyone's question. You're writing for your own satisfaction not somebody's else; nevertheless, most people don't enjoy writing and blogging seems superficial to them.
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