Status of Mauritius Blogging Community
Since the last three to four years, the number of Mauritian blogs has increased. I precise the number of blogs, not bloggers. It is true that many of you are thinking of Mauritius blog listing system which look more like a cemetery with dying blogs. Having a number of non updated blogs does not make an active blogging community.
A blogging community is about a group of people sharing the same passion and active on blogs in terms of posting articles. There are a number of people who at one time or another created their own blog but end as commentators on other blogs or died as bloggers. I am not going into the details of why a blogger died.
Many will be thinking that the Mauritius blogging community is active because there were bloggers meeting in the past.
Were all of them active bloggers?
What is the aim of a blogger meeting?
The aim is to share ideas, to share blogging tips and to ponder upon the future of the group of people united by the passion of blogging. Bloggers meeting was a good initiative but a passive one. There was nothing concrete as such.
Does the Mauritian blogging community really exist?
A concrete blogging community is one with a solid foundation. That is a registered society with a list of official members. This is what I call concrete. It is the only way for bloggers to have an official community and identity as well.
Onwards it can give rise to concrete meetings like small focus group for the beginning, raise issue about protection of bloggers etc.
There have been a number of clashes between journalist bloggers and bloggers in the near past. However, the journalists have solid foundation and grounds when they gave arguments because they has a solid institution which they form part of, the press. Concerning blogging, we have no real identity, therefore no foundation to shout that bloggers are like this or that.
The actual status of the Mauritius blogging community is that it does not exist officially. Bloggers shouting that we are here and present is not sufficient.
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Yep. You are right. The problem here is that many start and then after one year or less they no more exist. Well there are life circumstances too which come into play.
The fact? Many people have a wrong and absolutely false image of blogging. Some think it is only to publish “everyday” personal stuff (which is only ONE form of blogging). So they tend to limit their writing to it and finally have nothing more to write.
Others mostly think blogging is just set up a blog, write and comment at other blogs. (This is far from the truth). It’ll be too long for me to explain the in depth of blogging here (Anyway we have many probloggers already giving really valuable courses about it – well mostly for starters).
Now of course some people just have the desire to blog for a while and then lose it. This is understandable. As for bloggers meeting, well, I think some people attended it but most were not bloggers or really inactive ones. On the other side maybe they wanted more of a recreational meeting among friends.
Real Bloggers Meeting are mostly technical and professional. It must consist of at least 3 to 5 authoritative figures who HAVE PLANS. (Eg the one b5media does in Australia – Darren Rowse).
Even i can organise a meeting to discuss about technical and aims of a blogging society in a year but then who will come? It will be mostly upto 4 to 5 active bloggers only (some getting less and less active as days go on) PLUS mostly others will be friends, family etc. This is not the aim.
Anyway, each one goes his way.