Is it wrong to start things off with a rant?

Lately, I’ve been hearing and reading more and more people getting the word “blog” all wrong. Today, for example, I read a comment on a Facebook status update that said something like “Please let me comment on the above blogs”. He meant, of course, the comments above his. Which, I’m sorry, are definitely not blogs. They’re not even blog posts. They’re comments on a Facebook status update.

“A blog (a contraction of the term weblog) is a type of website, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video. Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order. “Blog” can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog.”

- Wikipedia

Now that’s what a blog is.

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