Blog depression

Well i dunnno why ppl don't want to tag...and i think i really don't care anymore, if they don't want to tag or don't want to click an extra link for tagging...then i'm fine, i guess i will spam my own tagboard. This i probably what they know as Blog depression.

Just as a country goes through several stages in growth, a blog too will go through the same stages, i think i shall highlight the stages and a few of the characteristics

1) The New kid on the Blog (Block):
At this point in time, the blog has just been started, the user still happily enthusiastic, posting a first post that shows many signs of unsureness and anxiety....at this point in time, the blog may not even have a tagboard yet, and may still be unknown to the blogger's friends. The purpose of the blog at the preliminary stage is most likely curiosity, maybe wanting to catch up with the trend of the times, or just wanting personal rambling space. Blogskin is usually one of those provided by blogger.com.

2) Growing Phase
As a blog grows, it is slowly linked to the rest of the blogging community, eventually a friend will find out that you have a blog, either that or you simply cannot resist telling that you own one. Either way, people start to visit and read your blog posts. A tagboard is set up for those lovely tags that everyone goes after, the number of tags is proportionate to the popularity of the blog, or how unique and interesting you are. You are basically a loser if you have no tags. At this point, there will be many welcome tags like 'nice blog' or 'hello' or 'maiden post' or something like those.

3) Golden Age
The highest attained lvl for any blog, when the blog is updated almost everyday and the blogger is enthusiastically posting interesting and stimulating posts. The tagboards are flooded. At this point in time, the blogskin has most likely been changed, possibly from websites like blogskins.com. People may even talk about your blog in school! wow!

4) Plateau and signs of aging
Most bloggers eventually get here, the original enthusiasism soon fades off, and the blogger, realising that he has many other commitments, decides to blog on alternate days, even daring perhaps to skip 3 days without a post. Nevertheless, the blog is still visited, just less, and the tagboard is tagged on at least every 2 days. The blog is still alive at the very least. At this point in time, a change in blogskin may be implemented to perk up the blog again.

5) Stagnation
Tagboard left untagged for 4 days or more. Very soon you realise that the tagboard remains untagged forever. The blog is visited, maybe once or twice, by certain faithful people. Perhaps it is still being visited but not tagged on (which seems like it is not visited). The blogger may try to change blogskins, post sth more controversial, post more...to encourage tags, but oftenly to no avail. Pretty soon the blogger gives up as well...leading to

6) Death of a blog
This either signals the start of a new blog at a new address, or the complete resignation of the blogger from blogging, certainly a saddening event, and most often caused by lack of tags and encouragement. From this death onwards, the blog remains as merely an archive of past events and most people would probably forget it forever, even the blogger himself may forget. The tagboard is fossilized, the blogskin never changed again. Maybe a few comments on the deadness of the blog from friends, but it would never be enough to start the blogger up again. how saddening...we all get here eventually

I think i'm at stagnation, but that's just me...wondering about you guys....ian's probably still at his golden age, going strong even after 2 years plus!! as for me...you know retirement from blogging may also be a good thing...one less thing to think about? bye bye then