All about blogging

On the topic of blogging, we talked in class mostly about how people are fired and punished for blogging about work; their boss, co-workers, pictures in uniform. If the rules and regulations of the company do not clearly state what is not allowed I don't understand how they can terminate with out warning, especially for someone who has had no previous disciplinary problems.

Blogging is a form of therapy to some, and outlet, to voice opinions and complaints about their daily life. Blogging becomes useless if we are not allowed to speak our minds freely without punishment. The same constitutional rights should apply, freedom of speech and press until it becomes violent or slander. Careers should not be on the line when blogging.

The other side, however, has a valid point. If you have complaints about your job, take them up with your boss. If they are day to day miniscule problems, write them some place else where the public eye can't see. If this is so, blogging becomes obsolete. Which is maybe the end goal anyway.

Is social media a fad?

From watching a video on youtube listing all the different fun facts about social media I realized how vast and consuming it really is. It had said if facebook were a country it would be the third largest, behind China and the US. 100 million users in less than a year. The times will change from now on, like it said the news and advertisements no longer have to be sought out. Everything is at our finger tips. More people have watched a video on their phone or tv on their computer than people watching tv on a traditional television. You can tweet, flickr, post on facebook and myspace from anywhere at anytime from mobile devices. They dont even need to be high tech smart phones. Just through text you can send in pictures, post statuses, and comment back. Another awe-inspriring fact is how the population of Ireland, Norway, and Panama combined is not equilvalent to the amount of tweets Ashton Kutcher and Ellen Degenerous have posted in the past couple years. This shows how consumed we are in these sites. The population is not only growing fast, but it is also beating out other websites in the process. Newspapers are suffering from this, no longer are people having papers dropped off in the morning or buying subscriptiong online, they have them on Kindle or iPhone or iPad or AOL etc.