I have been blogging since 2003. I actually started with the journal communities - Blurty and LiveJournal, primarily because I was not really ready yet to have my “life” out in the public. Needless to say, all my posts there are very personal. I am not saying my blogs now aren’t, but I have learned that sometimes there are better things left unwritten - I was also a bit negative then so I probably wouldnt want to affect people the wrong way.

Now, with blogging, I learned that whatever we write is bound to affect and touch people in some way. There are blogs I read everyday to inspire me, make me laugh, educate me and there are blogs who I want to read everyday because they let me peek into their lives and I feel my life is quite “normal” especially when I am having a bad day.

I met so many friends online who became real ones And that is how joining communities is an advantage. With all the journal/blog platforms, you have options. Create Blog with Thoughts.com. It is a platform that is FREE (which beginner bloggers can use) that you can put on public or private (or choose a few friends to have access to it). What makes it different from other platforms is that there are community forums and you gain the ability to bookmark news from within the community. You can upload photos, videos, podcasts, even chat with friends at the forums - all with unlimited bandwidth free! I looked and browsed their site and there are chances for you to read about stuff you like - because their is cloud category in the homepage with all the keywords of posts. Click on the words and you can see related tagged posts! Easy!

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