Comments on: The Queen of Mommy Bloggers is Taking Over Your TV

By: PamperingBeki

PamperingBeki — Fri, 16 May 2008 00:50:16 +0000

My mom called me to tell me all about the interview and how she thought I’d be the next Dooce. haha!

I’ve seen her site, but haven’t checked out the interview yet so I can’t comment on that. It does sound like Hoda’s presentation of it was snide though.

By: Sharon M

Sharon M — Thu, 15 May 2008 14:00:57 +0000

Blogging (at least on a personal level) is a sort of hybrid between keeping a journal and writing letters to friends. And that takes a fair amount of diligence, as well as (like Kara pointed out) a creative mind to make the everyday seem rather extraordinary, or at the very least, entertaining.
I’ve been blogging for a little over a year and love it. It’s so nice to be able to jot down interesting tidbits of my life, and keep family and friends updated on our lives.

By: Kara

Kara — Wed, 14 May 2008 20:26:46 +0000

I get especially annoyed by people who say “Why do bloggers (like Dooce) make money from their blog? I mean, they don’t even do anything!” I only wish these people knew how hard it is to blog every. single. day. It takes a mighty creative and active mind to keep a blog updated every day – it IS a job for some and I think they deserve to get paid from advertisements. I think the cynics are just jealous that they didn’t think of it first.

By: Vered - MomGrind

Vered - MomGrind — Wed, 14 May 2008 15:19:56 +0000

The Today Show interview was horrible, but that’s already been covered.

It’s an interesting thought: will blogging become mainstream at some point? I actually think it will. The mainstream media will fight bloggers, b/c it sees blogging as a threat (for example, that NY Times article on blogging to death), but eventually, I do believe that blogging will be part of the mainstream.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Wed, 14 May 2008 14:41:07 +0000

@Deb – First, thanks for pointing out that it was Nightline, not Dateline! It was late last night when I wrote it up. Oops! I totally agree that as more media covers blogging, then it will be a part of everyone’s vernacular. I hope it is soon. Honestly though, it makes me excited that I have jumped into the world of blogging at this time. Popular bloggers are popular, because they have been around forever. One day when blogging is super popular I will be one of those dinosaurs that have been blogging for years. I just need to be patient.

@Dawn – I know! I go around telling people that I am a founder of a mommy blog and people just look at me like “that’s nice, but you don’t really do anything.” Mostly I just assume that they don’t know about it and forgive for their ignorance. Some of my friends have started blogging themselves, since the rest of us started doing it. Also, it is mostly folks who don’t get on the internet. Sooner or later people won’t be able to ignore the internet.