What is it about the whole nature of blogging which ensures that whoever does it inevitably will question why they blog in the first place? And if you haven’t questioned it, why don’t you? This has been on my frontal lobe for three solid days and I’ve struggled with some of the conclusions (and questions) that have come out of it. At the top of the charts is the question of whether or not I am too black to blog? (and if that fact is getting in the way of really fostering genuine interest in what I’m dropping here, or even my Comics blog at Always Bet on Bahlactus).
It’s pretty clear that my verbiage is unique in some ways — some of the phrases I drop and the style in which I lay them down, may be enough of a turn-off for people to dismiss my content altogether. Am I too black for my audience? I don’t necessarily have a target audience — unless an audience is a group of people you want to connect with! Considering the 1-way nature of blogging and the reason I blog (i.e. to connect), I’m at a loss here. Ninety percent of the science I lay down here is meant to facilitate interaction and communication with the people who read it — with me and each other. I try present some solid questions and also share clue about my thoughts on a variety of issues relevant to me. It’s not clear that I have a significant number of people lurking here, and if they’re not commenting or posting responses on their own platforms, then it may be because my presentation is too black for them to get down with comfortably.
TRUTH? Everything about my presentation here is true to form. My colloquial style is genuinely representated and I’ve been proud of that fact from day one. My established presence online is mainly due to wanting to put myself out there — because I can and just like every aspect of someones lifestyle, this virtual footprint lets others potentially discover (and relate). What is it about this representation that rubs people sideways? I’m sure that you could potentially dispute that it’s not a black thing — the difference here is that I’m not scared to call the scenario the way I’m feeling it. Maybe the content is uninteresting. Is the blogsphere so lazy when it comes to really interacting and supporting platforms other than theirs? If the flavor of my content causes me to be perceived as Too Black to Blog, should I sell out so that my content can be consumed by mainstream America? Because, you know, America — f#%k yeah!
