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		<description><![CDATA[Today in response to an article that Andrew Sullivan published that was titled &#8216;Why I Blog&#8216; I asked my Twitter followers and Facebook friends to tell me why they blog. The responses were so good that felt it was a pity to just see them myself and not share them. Here are the first 100 [...]<p>Originally at: <a href="http://www.problogger.net">Blog Tips at ProBlogger</a><br />

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Today in response to an article that Andrew Sullivan published that was titled &#8216;<a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200811/andrew-sullivan-why-i-blog">Why I Blog</a>&#8216; I asked my <a href="http://twitter.com/problogger">Twitter followers</a> and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/p/Darren_Rowse/507133003">Facebook friends</a> to tell me why they blog. The responses were so good that felt it was a pity to just see them myself and not share them.
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Here are the first 100 (or so) responses that came in over the next hour.
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Thanks to everyone for participating!
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<strong>Why Do YOU Blog?<br />
<br /></strong>I&#8217;d love to read your answers below or on your blog. If you choose to blog or tweet your response please leave a URL in comments below so we can read it.<strong>
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PS</strong>: For me it is a complex question to answer, particularly when you only have 140 characters to do it in but for me it boils down to:
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