~ How Attached Are You To Your Blog?
How much value, sentimental and emotional, does your blog hold? what if suddenly you would lose your blog, due to technical errors, server crashes, or any other reason. As a far fetched example, lets say Blogspot suddenly decides to shutdown. or the server that hosts your blog completely crashes and you lose everything. How much would you really care? and How does it affect you personally?
I’m sure that to the majority of bloggers, if such thing would happen it would most probably affect them, but to how extent? How big of a part does your blog play in your life? The other days incident with IMDB got me thinking about this, Having no access what so ever to my website and being in a position where i had nothing i could do about it really bothered me, for more than one reason.
Its not just about interacting with the community, its more personal that than, For me, this website has become a part of my daily routine, a part of my life, I’ve had a website running on bakkouz.net (on and off) since 2003, and had this blog running for 2 years now, you could say its almost like having a child, raising it, taking care of it, watching over it, and nurturing it. and for it to be taken away and denied of it is a tragedy. maybe this is an over statement, but it is true on some level. A blog is a living entity, it grows and evolves, it needs constant care and attention, and it affects you just as much as you affect it. and being it an entity within a community of real people who also interact with it just adds to the fact that it will affect you more personally.
When the IMDB rush forced by blog to shutdown, I got upset at first, as is natural for an initial reaction, but then as time went by I realized its not just a technical issue, I felt really bad deep down within me, and even though i tried to deny it and convince myself that I don’t really care that much if it came alive or not, after all, its just a website. So what if it works or not, its not like I’m going to get a stroke or lose a limb over it, but then when hours and hours have went by, I realized that this is not true at all, I was being deprived of something I really cared about, that did indeed hold a sentimental value to me.
Now, I am not sure if this is healthy or not, it probably isn’t, I think Most of us bloggers (I know i did), haven’t really thought about this seriously before, I know some have pondered about it, but only theoretically. I personally don’t know many bloggers who have went though such an experience, I’m interested to know what are you thoughts on the subject? How much do you really value your blog? and how much has the online world become a part of you? can you easily part ways with it without remorse?
November 26th, 2007 at 11:08 am
Bakkouz, man. Great post. Somehow I missed this one earlier. And, clearly the blog is part of you. I think those are the best kind of blog. mine certainly is part of me. And, by reading blogs I feel that we get to know each other. I certainly missed you when your blog was down.
And there is no easy parting of ways. I used to have a separate blog about the Beans and what they were up to. But, I haven’t posted there in forever. I feel sad about it, but found that two blogs was just too much!
November 23rd, 2007 at 9:10 pm
Matthew: Losing a network of blogs would indeed be an unimaginable tragedy :neutral:
Ohoud: Then you are one of the lucky ones, kudos to you :grin:
Mala2e6: Thank you berry much, inshallah it will and I sure do wish the same for you too :mrgreen:
November 23rd, 2007 at 8:46 pm
dont remind me of that day when i thought i lost my blog..remember when i tried to import my posts to the mosalsal blog and all al manshar vanished? thank God that i had a copy of the templete ..i panicked for a while..didnt know how to act as i saw my blog disappear slowly..
the day al manshar had its first anniversary..as i prepared the video and the pics the post..i did that with such love that when i looked at it i alomst cried..
some might think it is silly to have a relationship with a nonliving thing,but I do
and it shows
like u said its like a child
a child knows who loves him and who pretend to love him
and as much as you give it gives you back
a friend once told me: you take blogging so seriously
i do
i love my blog and thats why i cross-post at multiply so that if blogspot crashed i would always have a copy
and thats why i didnt move to a domain of my own coz i am not sure if i can handle it
so bakkouz i understand how u felt and i hope that bakkouz.net will be out and about and in great shape as long as you wish
November 23rd, 2007 at 8:40 pm
It would bug me for sure, but it wouldn’t have a really chronic result like having an asthma attack:p
No seriously, I’ve learned to detach myself from the internet a bit these past months and its been good therapy this far. he he
November 23rd, 2007 at 5:12 pm
I don’t own a blog, but a blog network and I would be crushed if it was lost..financially as well. My dad has a blog on blogspot and I know he would be very hurt if he lost it…it’s really a part of you after some time. He’s updated it constantly for over a year now
November 22nd, 2007 at 7:11 pm
very much attached indeed…Actually, I think we are dangerously attached to our blogs.
November 22nd, 2007 at 5:48 pm
Noura: I totally understand, the community and their input, their comments plays a huge part of it too, absolutely
Khaled: I’d like to meet your invisible friend, seems like an interesting guy
November 22nd, 2007 at 5:37 pm
I think its like my invisible friend, where ever I go. When I see something, my ‘friend’ starts saying to me “Why don’t you blog about that?”.
November 22nd, 2007 at 4:47 pm
I am fairly new in this compare to you :oops: , but I would feel bad loosing it for two reasons: My blog is my sob7ieh, my coffee break, my time out ..It’s my refuge when I feel pressured and the world is closing on me, it’s a distraction where I zone out all the headache, like thereapy and so far it’s working :)
Second: I would feel terrible loosing all the nice comments from all of you not much my posts..I truly value the laughs, the smiles, the interaction and not to mention the support I had from all of you strangers..
Everything has an end, am ready to face if it happens..Until then I will enjoy it as much as I can :)
November 22nd, 2007 at 3:55 pm
Ola: I’m with you all the way, I too can never imagine being asked to quit blogging, i Just can’t do it, but I am not really sure I’f i can make such a big sacrifice :oops:
Kinzi: You are the best :D
November 22nd, 2007 at 3:47 pm
heh. Nice. Keep up the good blogging.
November 22nd, 2007 at 12:40 pm
Bakkouz even I do feel sad abt your blog
I can’t stand the thought, and I even thought of saving all my posts to my computer. Who knows? What if the host decided to shut down suddenly or some problem occured that caused my blog to vanish into thin air?
November 22nd, 2007 at 11:47 am
I do think my blog has become an extension of who I am, I have even become Kinzi!! I would hate to lose it, as it is the foundation of a book I will write when I am retired and bored.
But I would be just as sad to lose other bloggers..when you were down, and when Nas was showing up a Big Black Page, I was flipping!
November 22nd, 2007 at 11:26 am
As you said, it’s like a child! I thought about it before and I just can’t stand the thought, and I seriuosly thought of saving all my posts (or at least some of them) to my computer as text documents. Who knows? What if the host decided to shut down suddenly or some problem occured that caused my blog to vanish into thin air?
I love my blog to the extent that if I was in a relation and that person asked me to shut my blog down, I will choose my blog, because the guy will probably be a close-minded jerk if he asked such a stupid thing :D I mean my blog represents a principle for me, it represents my freedom of opinion and speech. It’s not just a website, it hold so much symbolic value
November 22nd, 2007 at 11:15 am
The Observer: always a good choice :razz:
Dave: backups won’t do you any good if you can’t access your account to begin with, also i’m not talking about a single incident, i’m talking in general, the big picture.
Qabbani: Yes, this is exactly where i stand also. but who knows what will happen in the future
November 22nd, 2007 at 10:11 am
dont tell any one ,
when my blog suspended fro 18 hour’s when am in KSA , it was like hell , even i pay like 5JD to used internet for 30 min , to fix things … and kept call my friend in Jordan to check it is back to run or not …
u know my mum even notice and say : 5er sho sayer , leah heak mday2 ?
so
How much do you really value your blog? : its another part of me , u know as it personal blog when i met someone i just say go read it and you will know me …
How much has the online world become a part of you?
A v.good part , o 5asa lama 2tkoon in ur field of work :)
Can you easily part ways with it without remorse?
:( :neutral: nothing easy dude nothing easy
November 22nd, 2007 at 9:20 am
Wordpress Database Backup utility is your friend…you know…just in case. ;)
November 22nd, 2007 at 9:19 am
I would turn to alcohol! To give me the same pleasure I get from people’s interaction at my blog!
November 22nd, 2007 at 9:05 am
Chika: Absolutely, and thats what makes it more enjoyable :)
VA: I had to remove them along with some other stuff also to try to optimize the performance as much as possible to try to avoid having any more problems with my stupid hosting company, regarding cpu usage on the server :cry:
November 22nd, 2007 at 8:59 am
i know i wud flip if anything happened to it! i’ve written so much and expressed a lot! my theories (inno zay illi 3anjad) and my thoughts bout life and relationships and love.. kullo on my blog :mrgreen:
wein ra7ou il smiliyat hadolak :shock:
November 22nd, 2007 at 8:47 am
Ok! I guess my blog is a big part of me right now, I cannot stop it! It is very personal & I have really learned alot from blogging & met quite interesting people along :)