Comments on: Age Discrimination a Factor for Bloggers?

By: TechZ

TechZ — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 11:52:36 +0000

It would depend on the Blog topic I say, if I were reading about SEO or any subject that required some real experience, I wouldn’t take it from a totally new blogger, I’d look at someone who had some worthwhile experience (and in that I mean age).

I do like to know about the Blogger behind the Blog when I read, the About page is a very important part of any Blog, to me atleast. Knowing more about the blogger doesn’t always have to lead to discrimination, it can be a good thing as well.

By: CabSav

CabSav — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 07:38:32 +0000

I think it’s great when you don’t know a blogger’s age, race or sex. You are reading then without any preconceived ideas of what/who the person is, without judging them by anything except what they write. This is true equality, the equality we always want in real life but never manage to attain, because of the emotional baggage we attach to age, race and gender that we don’t even realise we do.

By: Maria

Maria — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 16:13:10 +0000

Not age necessarily… But at some point, after having read someone a lot I become curious and want to see their face and know a little more. Specially if their site has no mention of anything personal whatsoever… I must confess recently I went out to Camera on The Road trying to get some more personal juice about you , and I found some of your photos… finally! Having seen them doesn’t change anything, but now I can picture you when I read you, and I sort of like it.

Same with bloggers who “hide” their gender … For all the time I don’t know whether the author is male or female, I keep wondering about it, and guessing it. Knowing it, just lets me relax and understand better the perspective of the author.

Personal tidbits like gender, age, and maybe nationality help me better understand where the blogger comes from, and put their words in context.