The Might Mighty

In the beginning a lot of people thought nothing would come of the latest human fever that is 'blogging'. The blog they concluded was nothing more than a fad in which aspiring writers could beaver away, hammering out their ideas and creations while the rest of the world plodded on to more exciting pastures. Sort of like World of Warcraft but with Words replacing Ogres.
But rather than dying off as fads are wont to do, blogs are becoming more popular by the day, and are quickly being recognised as a legimate media. Most newspapers and magazines have blogs connected to them, with the bloggers themselves appearing on radio and news segments. And it is a wonderful thing in my screen-shot eyes because it is fulfilling a prediction I made many years ago regarding this wiry beast the internet; that it would give many many thousands a career which would have been impossible without it. (Including other areas like music.)
Rightly so too, there are too many talented individuals out there who can now reach a deserved slice of recognition whereas in the past they would have been missed. The old routes into the spotlight were often down to luck, or worse privilage. Yes inevitably there is also a tidal wave of shit; teenagers with too much time on their hands boring everyone with suicide and vampires, or budding philanthropists attempting to save the gargoyles but who cares? There's always a SKIP arrow to click out those creepy eyed does.
Personally I believe that blogging (or self publishing on teh interwebz) is a breath of fresh air which can only revive a flagging interest in writing. This planet must have lost thousands of gifted people who have simply quit their literary endevours because they saw it going nowhere. Of course one could argue it wasn't taking off due to lack of talent but come on! Get off your snobbish horse and admit it; there MUST have been SOME emeralds lost amongst the bile!
Im not saying everyone who has a blog or website is a Shakespeare or Coleridge in waiting, but there IS a crop of untapped talent out there and by publishing their work online then at least its being read and not lost forever. It is a grand tool of the future and only a crusty old sap would deny it. There has always been bad and good and so it will contine with blogging communities but at least with the web there is hope to read more of the great.