what's blogging

I wonder what's with blogging. There's some sort of ego involved, you hope on some level that someone, make it the whole web community will read your work. That's the ego part.
But, at the same time simply because of the sheer magnitude of the web, one question really how many will. With the thousands and possible millions of blog users, there's a certain anoymity in an online blog. You can write with the perception that indeed there are thousands and millions of people reading it, but really you are writing for yourself, and perhaps the friend that went to your site, simply because, he or she is your friend. And not because this is the next literary gem.
This sort of anoymity is at levels sad and comforting, almost like the feeling of standing all alone in a crowd. You cherish the individual that is you, but hope for the companionship that's sorta around you