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Research: AOL Study Sees Blogs as Therapy

Blogs may have started with political junkies and techies,
but these days about half of all blogs are a form of
therapy for their authors, according to research done for
AOL.

Asked what they write about(multiple answers were allowed):
* 65.7 percent of respondents to the survey said 'anything
and everything'
* 62.5 percent said 'family'
* 54.3 percent said 'friends'

While such personal items dominate writing, 43.9 percent of
those surveyed said they read other blogs to get a fresh
perspective on the news

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