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Why we blog

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Bloggers are driven to document their lives, provide commentary and opinions, express deeply felt emotions, articulate ideas through writing, and form and maintain community forums.

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                cover image Communications of the ACM
                Communications of the ACM  Volume 47, Issue 12
                The Blogosphere
                December 2004
                93 pages
                ISSN:0001-0782
                EISSN:1557-7317
                DOI:10.1145/1035134
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