The "Blog" Mentality Is Something Our Country and Industry Should Fear - Independent Thinker

There is a discussion below about blogs. I've felt for a long time that the whole idea of blogging has some danger flags. First, bloggers talk to us. They represent one philosophy or present facts from one person's viewpoint. Readers can often reply, but any dissenting viewpoints are quickly shut down. Independent thinking is discouraged in a number of ways. We are told what to think, what movies or TV shows to watch, what jobs we should take, what books we should read. It's usually done in a cozy, warm way that makes us feel that the blogger knows more than we do and is just taking care of us. I can take care of myself. The more I visit the blogs in my own personal collection, the more I realize, their voices are drowning out my own thoughts, the books I want to read, the music I want to listen to, and my own thoughts about my career.

You know what? America was never about robotic thinking. I think the idea of blogging is predatory as described in one of the posts below. No actual conversations or discussions happen. Ideas are presented "to" us. We are the recipients of them. If we listen long enough, we believe what the blogger of choice has programmed into our heads.  When I think of the future, I see little robotic communities being fed by the stronger bloggers, who eat all of the smaller, weaker bloggers.