4. It’s not mandatory to join the blogging conversation
That’s right: it’s OK to blog without reading or commenting on other people’s blogs! There’s no law against it. It’s fine.
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3. Older bloggers: patterns of engagement with the blogging process
We asked 123 older bloggers a series of questions about their blogging habits—not just their writing habits, but also their patterns of reading and commenting. Our results, in my opinion, confirm a finding by Pew Research Center last year: that older adults who do use social media tend to view the internet in a […]
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1. What older bloggers think and do and feel: a super-summary of survey results
It’s official: here’s a snapshot of the results of our older bloggers survey. Yes, older bloggers do gain mental, emotional and social benefits from blogging, and yes, some do have problems with usability and accessibility. Mental benefits: 75% of respondents agreed that blogging “gives me something new to think about”, and 19% made comments similar […]
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