Bloggers and their Palaver -By Ginika Mbata

Owning a blog has many advantages. While operating a blog, the blogger can voice his/her opinions, ideals and beliefs without censure unlike when working for a News site.

Blogs were mostly used by journalists whose works were rejected as being divisive or controversial by News sites.

Who can blog? Virtually anyone as long as you have at least a smart phone and Internet connection.
Why should one blog? Lack of censure and also money can be earned by running ads on the blog.

Who should blog? Definitely not everyone. Being a blogger gives you great power and like Uncle Ben in Spider-Man said, “With great power comes great responsibility.” But, many bloggers have become irresponsible.

With the rise of blogs and bloggers on the internet, it has become difficult to discern real news from fake news.

Let’s consider a scenario in which a blog headline reads, “Shocking! Lee Min Ho does it every night before sleeping.” An unsuspecting person would click on the article, expecting to see something salacious only to find out that what Lee Min Ho does before sleeping is brushing his teeth.
This is the least of many atrocious acts committed by bloggers these days.

Many netizens (myself included), are tired of bloggers who go around spreading fake news either by twisting words out of context or outright making defaming and slanderous statements against people all in a bid to attract readers. Many lives have been ruined courtesy of hungry bloggers looking to make a quick buck.

People who are victims of such should not hesitate to sue such bloggers to court so as to instill work ethics in them.

A really good blogger does not need to resort to fake news to draw traffic as people are attracted to quality products.

It is known that many people see blogging as a source of livelihood but please stop the fake news, we are very tired.