Blog : From Chatter to Blogger

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1/30/2012 7:05 am

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From Chatter to Blogger

I joined BC 9 years ago. Made many dear friends from all over the world since then. Became a paying member 8 years ago and I’ve paid consistently ever since. My main reason for paying was out of a sense of guilt because I used the service so much. But I enjoy the fact that I feel entitled, and have the right to avail myself of everything that the BigChurch website has to offer.

Wrote my first blog post almost 7 years ago. (It was a long winded wordy piece of tripe. Very boring and self-serving.) Since then I’ve made occasional short forays into the blogs, but I like to keep them short and I try to relate to people as equals.

I’ve found that the average time a person stays really active in BC usually ranges from about 6 months to a year. But there are a few of us old timers. I know a few who have been active since BigChurch first went online. But there aren’t many of them left.

One night about a month ago, I was awakened and (I believe instructed) compelled to write a short blog post directed at pushy know-it-alls. First I wrote it, then had to pray a lot before I posted it. Now, I’m convinced God wanted me to do it. It caused a small stir, because most people agreed with my premise, but although the post was directed at no one in particular, one person (whom I’d never met before) took it personal, and attacked me for it. Later, after interest in the topic was waning, another fellow I’d never met tried to use my blog as a forum to attack others. Both the attackers were regular bloggers I guess. Not completely sure why they felt compelled to bring their drama into my blog, but they did. I didn’t mind tho. I’m used to stuff like that.

In the process, I’ve had some fun in the blogs. Most of the people I met from that experience were chat buddies. (A few who hadn’t been in the chats in months.) It was nice to make contact with them again. One dear old friend from the chatrooms even referred to my recent re-entry into the blogs as the “invasion from the chatrooms” or something like that. LOL But I should also add that I’ve met a few people in the blogs whom I’d never met before, and I’ve enjoyed our exchanges.

Now, I’ve taken an interest in the blogs too. I don’t’ read all of them, and I don’t always comment, but I check the blogs many times during the day to see if there’s anything new there that inspires me.

The drama level is about the same in both venues and the dramatists tend to be the same people.

Overall, I’ve found people to be about the same everywhere. Blogs and chats contain the same ratio of loonies, and normal people. I’m convinced God loves all of us..

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