Someone other than me wrote a brilliant essay

We've heard first hand accounts from the A-List bloggers themselves about the ins and outs, and ups and downs - the emotional life of blogs. But given that there are now over 4 million weblogs, the accounts of a handful of celebrity bloggers can hardly be considered representative. What is blogging really like ? What is it like for the little guy ? The hardy, obscure blogger who, starved of the oxygen of a regular readership, ploughs on joylessly year after year, posting pictures of his/her cat, rambling musings on everyday life or snippets of Emacs Lisp source code, oblivious to the yawning chasm between his deathless prose and any interested readers.