Till Blogger, Facebook, twitter &word press blogs do us part !!!!

From wordpress, blogger, opera to face­book, twitter, hi5, tagged, kiwi box and the rest, social networks and blogs are the new buzz word in cyberspace.
Anyone and everyone who uses the internet knows about the concept of social networking and blogging. Be it young or old, they are all facebooking a. k. a facing the book and blogging away. But it is we the teenagers who have the briskness to use this new virtual platform to its maxi­mum potential. All it requires is being on the net, type in the website, click sign up, and in no time, you will be starting, absolutely free. People are facebooking like crazy. The blog freaks have signed up with networks like www.blogger.com, posted their articles or what­ever stuff they want the world to read and they are getting read by everyone.

Having grown up using the computer and internet as a source of information, youngsters in this generation are at ease when conveying their opinions on the blog­sites, or feelings and thoughts on the social network. The use of various platforms of communication comes naturally, to all teenagers, unlike old writers who at times experience moments of stagnation.

My pal, Adonia has managed to become a prolific writer, thanks to his blogsites, “the feeling of being read and appreciated by strangers was and is still very inspiring,” he says.

The rapid emergence of blogging and social networks can be attributed to the un­equaled characteristic of the platforms, which allow teens to acquire a sense of satisfac­tion as a result of expressing themselves, while remaining anonymous if they want to as is the case with blogs where teens create their own blog­ging space and invite friends and strangers to join.
This allows for the much needed attention that every teen craves but the only nightmare for these teens is if the parent chances upon his or her blogsite.

Although teenagers can write with great proficiency on the blogsites, they have very little experience writing beyond the internet. This is because publishers of maga­zines and newspapers are not helping teens in anyway; probably this is even throt­tling a major talent, which is meant to be emerging. Brian gave up with trying to write because “man I sent mob articles to that newspaper but none of them was published.” Well, that changed with The New Vision TEENZ. Teenagers who previously kept their articles buried in the crowded and vast cyber space are sending them for publication.

Social networking has found acceptability because to Edgar, “I have made friends with people I hardly knew on facebook.”

Social networking has found acceptability among the youth because it is where they can express themselves freely while blogging has found acceptability because here the youth can show­case their writing skills and creativity because there is no restraining arm of the publisher.

The large reach of this new-age discovery grants teens the ability of using their technical skills to acquire attention, as is on facebook, or gain readership for their writing, as is the case with blogsites.