I have always said our blogs are going to be viewed in the same light we view rock paintings today. Our blogs are integral to human society more than we even know. If not today, they will be tomorrow, even when we treat them as journal entries. Bloggers don’t need validation from anyone because the essence of the whole process is being simple and plain.

If you want to understand anyone or any organization, just go to the blog section of their website, or visit their personal blog. I have two examples to point you to at the moment: President Museveni’s blog and Barack Obama’s blog. The former has failed to accomplish many policy positions or turn them into tangible actions, but his blog will show you where his heart is. Recently, the latter wrote a blog that was silent about what is happening in Gaza, but he ended up saying a lot and predicted basically everything that has happened. That is how unique and significant blogging is in society.

These blogs enable us to take part in transcontinental Blogging Challenges or share our views about what is happening to humanity from our own localities, creating a democratization of information. Blogging gives us the power to put our thoughts, knowledge, and experiences out there. It doesn’t matter how many people are reading at the time. As we share our thoughts, we often set our positions on certain issues like war, climate, sexuality, and economics, and it’s out there for anyone to find. When we make certain decisions, we even have these fallback positions.

When I opened my blog, I never imagined it would lead me to certain individuals, many of whom have been very beautiful minds that I can chat with for hours nonstop purely on shared interests. Blogs help us create special communities around these interests, providing an environment for like-mindedness where we truly connect and have the most powerful of dialogues. One day, I will tell my tale of writing about Western influence in the Horn of Africa that led me to a group of Pan Africanists. The ensuing discussions felt like mind-reading exercises, leading to the creation of beautiful things.

Blogs can also have a serious influence on public opinion and drive social and political change by raising awareness on various issues and advocating for causes like climate change, Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, domestic violence, apartheid, and colonialism. It’s through written, video, and audio blogs that the world has come to learn about horrors happening around us. These mediums have led to radical changes in our personal opinions.

There are blogs we run to for educational materials, and I feel like in the future, our blogs will provide valuable lessons on a whole range of issues to those who care to look. Picture this: 250 years from now, the best place to understand how life went about during the height of the Coronavirus Disease of 2019 (COVID-19) will be our blogs. We described our daily lives and ranted about how things had changed, essentially recording history in real-time, and this was done worldwide. This will be valuable to society then.

Whatever our blogs are about, for those who niche blog, they are important. They are manuals, warnings, and companions to those who value words.