Some of the content written about is untrue or poorly researched and as the blogs go unchecked, no one points out the errors. This could mean that readers understand the blog content to be true when it is in fact not. This could cause problems if the blog is of a serious nature and could hurt people for instance if the blog reported on "news stories" and posted stories that were untrue or incorrectly detailed.
Another issue is that it promotes the constant use of the computer. There are people who spend their lives indoors, always on the computer! This is a very unhealthy and anti-social way to live.
(On the other hand it could be argued that this is in fact a VERY social way to live, as some of the most commonly viewed sites on the Internet involve social networking and blogging where communicating with others from around the world is the point of the excercise.)
My third issue with blogging is that of its unsuitability in terms of young people and children who may read or see something that is not suitable for their age group as blogging is not restricted or censored in any way and many do not contain warnings about their content. Also, through networking sites, children and young people may be targeted by paedophiles posing themselves as someone they are not. There is no proof on the internet that the person you are talking to is really who they say they are and so children may be taken advantage of.
blogging does not cost money and so does not increase spending (unless a person is on dial up/pay as you go internet and therefore may begin to use the internet more often, costing more money.) and is not illegal.
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