Live Blogging from Blogference

The second panel at the Blogference was dedicated to the behavioral needs which lead people to blog.

Dr. Yair Amichai-Hamburger,Director of Bezeq International Research Center for Internet Psychology, IDC Herzliya presented some figures about the blogging motivations. While most of the motivations were very obvious, one of the major motivations he stated is the feeling of loneliness and depression. According to his research, people who feel lonely find a relief in blogging.

Even if it contains truth to a certain extent, I think this statement is very generalized and doesn't take in count that there are many different types of bloggers and blogs. Is it the main motivation for many of the professional blogs we see around...? Hm....

As for the 'personal blogs' type, there are many bloggers who write them while being social people in their nature. I've heard many times that people find blogging as a time-saving method to update and keep in contact with many of their friends at the same time...

More thoughts on this later on [it's a little hard to blog and listen at the same time ;)]