Netizens in China have paid greater attention to blogs. For Chinese internet users, especially for the young, blogging has become a fashion in the Web 2.0 era.

A recent survey conducted by the Beijing Youth Daily shows more than 90 percent of the respondents have read or written blogs and one-fifth of them even say they can't live without personal blogs. The figure means that individual communication tools, such as blogs, have become a major way for people to be socialized.

The paper quotes a freelancer Lao Mo as saying that as a fashion, some people like writing diaries in personal blogs to record daily lives. More importantly, writing blogs is an easy way for them to express emotions.

Meanwhile, many young bloggers use the Internet to join and participate in longstanding groups. Furthermore, blogs are used to integrate with local communities and learn more about one's neighborhood.

The paper points out when special events happened, such as the severe earthquake hit Southwest Sichuan Province, blogs become the platform for people to get united and encourage each other. In this case, blogging is not only for one person, but for a large group of people who share the same feeling.

The paper also reminds that the lack of certain norms and strict supervision leaves more risks to blogs. In this way, public sectors should adopt measures to ensure the normal development of blogs. Meanwhile, teenagers should upgrade the abilities to judge the authenticity of information provided on such platforms.