"Blogosphere"

I used to read a couple blogs on a regular basis, because, upon stumbling upon them I found that I had something in common with the bloggers. I shared there opinions on certain aspects, or liked the same movies/books that they liked. Through this I was able to follow along with their lives, comment on posts that I felt hit close to home, etc. However, I have fallen away from that. I have found that while looking at some peoples blogs are very interesting, it can be a time sucking habit. How many blogs do you keep track of? Do you comment on these peoples blogs? Are you just a lurker that likes to read, and keep their thoughts to him/her-self. This can take up a lot of time to do this, and while interesting I decided that there are more productive things that I can do.

Having said that, I don't want to detract from what blogs are. In blogs you can often find truth and opinions that are not available in mainstream media. You can get an insight to what real people are thinking, and not just what some people want you to hear (i.e. the media). However, its also a catch-22, because blogs aren't regulated there can be a lot of falsehoods and rumor starting that some people may believe to be truths.