Advantages and Disadvantages of Blogs

Blogs

Advantages:
People can express their own personal views by posting essays, articles and any information they wish to.
People can comment and show their own opinion of what is said on a blog and how they feel about the posted information.
People can watch videos and read articles in other peoples blogs or their own. Youtube works on blogs aswell.
People can show personal pictures they have taken and put them on their blogs for others to see.
An excellent way of sharing knowledge and facts with other people, blogs don't just have to be about personal opinions but can be a great resource for facts even though it can be biased because blogs are very opioniated.
Reflect people’s personality and get an idea of what the person is like and what they are interested in.
Relaxes people and is a good hobby for getting away from work, school and a busy life.
It is a great way to make friends, by sharing interests and hobbies.


Disadvantages:
People can get a negative view of opinions on blogs as some people can be too opinionated and think differently to others, this can cause arguements and even lead to cyberbullying in comments.
Minimises social life as people stay in to check blogs, this can take a lot of time searching around new blogs and can be addictive.
Some blogs can be very plain and boring and people can lose interest. It is unlike other websites like myspace which can be personalised.
People can leave nasty comments and unsuitable pictures which can cause offence to a lot of people. These pictures and comments can be unexpected
It is not that well known to many people and is used for a lot of work related subjects and nt for younger people.
Blogs are open to anyone who wants to sign up or view blogs for information.
Not everyone can access the internet, therefore blogs are also unaccessable.
Information can be biased or false, so facts may not be reliable to people.