With so many blogs around discussing diverse topic, people generally classify blogs according to different various genres; each with its own range of topic of discussion.
Techonorati (2008) classifies blogs under 6 main topics: entertainment, lifestyle, sports, business, politics and technology. However, there are many more blogs out there which do not follow the classification above.
For example, under lifestyle blogging exist sub topics such as the gay blogging community in Malaysia. One blog to highlight this would be the tiltedworld.org.
Tiltedworld.org is a Malaysian LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual) blog which serves as a community project tackling issues on LGBT rights, issues and expressions. One of the ways the build and bridge the Malaysian LGBT blogger community is that the blog allows readers to contribute postings on to their blog. Skellie (2007) said that by elevating commenters to bloggers, it helps get the readers to make a greater effort to comment regularly and intelligently.
Another way tiltedworld.org builds their community is by posting various outbound links to other LGBT bloggers who share the same views. Enge (2008) believes that linking helps establish credibility, thus making you part of the club of people who are in the know.
Blogging communities do more share interest; they form a support system which helps each other in times of need. Like a social group where people with similar characteristics interact among each other while sharing a sense of unity (CliffsNotes 2008), blogging communities performs in the same manner, however, most of the interacting is done with the help of the blog.
Techonorati (2008) classifies blogs under 6 main topics: entertainment, lifestyle, sports, business, politics and technology. However, there are many more blogs out there which do not follow the classification above.
For example, under lifestyle blogging exist sub topics such as the gay blogging community in Malaysia. One blog to highlight this would be the tiltedworld.org.
Tiltedworld.org is a Malaysian LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual) blog which serves as a community project tackling issues on LGBT rights, issues and expressions. One of the ways the build and bridge the Malaysian LGBT blogger community is that the blog allows readers to contribute postings on to their blog. Skellie (2007) said that by elevating commenters to bloggers, it helps get the readers to make a greater effort to comment regularly and intelligently.
Another way tiltedworld.org builds their community is by posting various outbound links to other LGBT bloggers who share the same views. Enge (2008) believes that linking helps establish credibility, thus making you part of the club of people who are in the know.
Blogging communities do more share interest; they form a support system which helps each other in times of need. Like a social group where people with similar characteristics interact among each other while sharing a sense of unity (CliffsNotes 2008), blogging communities performs in the same manner, however, most of the interacting is done with the help of the blog.
References:
About Us, TiltedWorld.org, viewed 3 November 2008, <http://tiltedworld.org/about>.
Blog Directory, Technorati Media, viewed 3 November 2008, <http://technorati.com/blogs/directory/>.
CliffsNotes.com, 2008, Social Groups, viewed 3 November 2008, <http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/CliffsReviewTopic/Social-Groups.topicArticleId-26957,articleId-26868.html>.
Enge, E 2008, The Role of Outbound Links, viewed 4 November 2008, <http://www.seomoz.org/blog/the-role-of-outbound-links>.
Skellie, 2007, Building a community around your blog, viewed 4 November 2008 <http://www.dailyblogtips.com/building-a-community-around-your-blog/>.
Blog Directory, Technorati Media, viewed 3 November 2008, <http://technorati.com/blogs/directory/>.
CliffsNotes.com, 2008, Social Groups, viewed 3 November 2008, <http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/CliffsReviewTopic/Social-Groups.topicArticleId-26957,articleId-26868.html>.
Enge, E 2008, The Role of Outbound Links, viewed 4 November 2008, <http://www.seomoz.org/blog/the-role-of-outbound-links>.
Skellie, 2007, Building a community around your blog, viewed 4 November 2008 <http://www.dailyblogtips.com/building-a-community-around-your-blog/>.
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