I came across a research study that contains a lot of information about blogs, trends in blogging, who blogs, etc. The focus of the study appears to be on age and gender differences (although there is lots of interesting data on other topics). As I understand the conclusion, males tend to attract more attention as bloggers because they are more likely to engage in “filter blogs.” A filter blog attempts to focus readers on a subset of content (perhaps web content, things to read). I suppose this specific entry would be an example – I am attempting to alert you to a specific finding and online resource. Some of the issues of potential causality are interesting? Are the opinions of males more highly regarded (hence they receive more attention for their filter blogs and they persist)? Are women and younger bloggers more interested in posts that are personal experessions? How important is the size of the audience to those focused on personal expression?
