Comments on: Putting the “I” in blog

By: Robert Tolmach

Robert Tolmach — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:03:30 +0000

Mark Twain said the only people who should use the editorial “we” are editors, monarchs, and people with tapeworms.

By: FairlyBiased@Blogspot

FairlyBiased@Blogspot — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 22:03:33 +0000

I use “I” because I don’t care what anyone else thinks except in the “Ask The Reader” section. Even if I was fortunate enough to have guest writers someday, I’d still use “I”. No one ever agrees with me anyway.

By: vh

vh — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 17:54:54 +0000

I. I, me, my, myself.

On the other hand, i do try not to start every sentence with a personal pronoun. And especially not with "I think," "I expect," "I wish," "I predict," or "IMHO."

By: Martin Lindeskog

Martin Lindeskog — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 14:39:53 +0000

Go with ego (I in Latin). I have a blog called EGO and I have registered my personal site with my own domain name (www.Martin.Lindeskog.name).

By: Mallory

Mallory — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 08:54:44 +0000

Whoops, that should be 'despise', not 'despite'.

Shame on me for trying to comment in an intelligent manner at 4:00 AM ...

By: Mallory

Mallory — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 08:53:52 +0000

Thank goodness! I despite solo bloggers referring to themselves as 'we' --- Makes me think they've got some sort of multiple personality disorder they want to flaunt. :P

So glad that LifeClever's back, I can't wait to catch up with the few posts I've missed! :)

By: DanGTD

DanGTD — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:54:06 +0000

There’s nothing wrong with I. You shouldn’t pretend to be something you are not. In fact, in the case of a blog it’s better to be an I than a we.

By: Corey Freeman

Corey Freeman — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:37:14 +0000

I personally try my best to use the word “I” but for some reason “we” comes out. I think people believe that going solo is somehow unacceptable. You don’t need a team of people to be successful. The about page of your blog is important, so you should focus on making it the way a reader would want to read it.

By: Dara

Dara — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:58:33 +0000

I use “we”, mainly because I think it helps the readers seem more a part of something. As if the blog was a little community of the writer and readers.

By: Benjamin Jancewicz

Benjamin Jancewicz — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:01:15 +0000

I use we. But then, I ran my business a little differently. We always were a we; I constantly hired out developers and freelancers to help me with overflow work. And now that the company’s expanded, we’re still using we.