After I read these articles, it was pretty neat to see how big the blogging network is and the many uses that is has. Before this, I barely even knew what a blog was. I now know that blogs can be used for pretty much anything. I always thought that when people wanted to express their feelings, they wrote them down in a journal. Now people are using blogs to gain information on how to deal with an illness or just to gain knowledge about a particular subject. The one article talked about how many people use their blog to find ways to deal with their disease or illness. A blog would make this much easier to talk to someone about your problems than actually talking person to person. I never knew that so many people would rather get help with their problem via the internet than go to an actual doctor. It was interesting to see how the government could get involved in something as simple as a personal blog. Once a few people saw Jack’s blog, it didn’t take long for it to become widespread. I think that blogs are also a way for people to release their bottled up feelings that no one else will listen to or that they’re embarrassed to tell anyone else.

I hope to use this blog to help the public gain a better understanding of the situation with coal use in America. Hopefully other bloggers will see this information and have a link for my blog. The blogosphere is so big because most people have what is called a blog roll on their blog. This allows many other blogs to be linked to their personal blog. By getting this information on a blog, hopefully other users will be able to use the information and make it more widespread.