According to a Pew study most people do not blog for money but in order to express themselves, and when considering subjects, most prefer personal stories over covering politics, tech., etc.

This is music to our ears as we built Tabblo to facilitate story-telling with photos and words instead of just the latter. By including visuals in the story-telling process, we’re hoping to open up the web as a medium for a whole bunch of people who would say “huh?” if you offered them a blogging platform for self-expression but who have the same story-telling itch to scratch as most of today’s bloggers.

Another interesting nugget from the story is that 55% of bloggers write under a pseudonym. This could be because of the nature of the content, but our theory is that most blogging tools are too coarse-grained when it comes to who can view the stuff, and that as such, folks are sometimes left feeling “safer” under a pen name. In the case of Tabblo, this is why we’ve spent so much time tuning the access-control system. We know that it has caused some bumps and bruises along the way, but we’re hoping to continue to make it better for you so that none of you ever feel compelled to create your tabblos as “Publius.”

Meanwhile, let’s all get back to telling some stories…

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