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We’re all eager to start them. We want our own public space in the sun to share our personal trivia or our hopes and dreams. Millions of blogs attest to that fact. But what happens when the enthusiasm fades, a blogger moves to another space, or just leaves his or her audience hanging as weeks turn into months and months into years?
We have clogged search engines and the skeletal remains of countless blogs hanging in the pathways of cyber space. I was amazed as I searched for viable art blogs how many of them has not been updated in months; some for more than three to five years!
Amongst the casualties were new mother blogs, created by first time mothers who want to share the miracle of birth and their amazing adventure into motherhood. Others wanted to share a wonderful vacation with humorous stories and full-color photos. But when the vacation excitement fizzled, and the dazzle of motherhood waned, so did the blog.
Many blogs are started with good intentions, but they fail miserably when the blogger realizes there is no substance. There were no long-term goals. There was a beginning, but no ending. The blogger had no vision of the purpose for his blog or the discipline to finish it.
Clanking through this wasteland, I still found some good information, an interesting fact or two; but it required more time than I expected to find that juicy fruit, that bright star among the bones of defeat.
Some bloggers move frequently from space to space, leaving their old blogs behind like bread crumbs to lead their followers back home. With all the apps and gizmos, I sometimes have difficulty uploading my own updates, especially in the evening hours. The large sites like Facebook and Twitter become unpredictable and double tweet or fail to tweet on occasion.
Abandoned bytes and cyber debris join other waste materials in space. Our Satellite Station over the years has dropped scraps and junk that circles the globe endlessly polluting the atmosphere. Our oceans are filled with garbage and the ghostly remains of plastic bags. Japan’s Tsunami destruction floats around the globe, butting up against foreign shores and introducing alien species.
Our “throw away” society continues to add to our mountain of debt and our growing landfill piles. Wouldn’t it be great if someone would find a way to clean up this wasted space and manufacture things that would last? If our economy is so bad, why do so many people throw thousands of pounds of food in the trash each year? Solutions not rhetoric is what we need. Suggestions anyone?
