I would also like to comment on the trails I could read.

I think that bloggers simply write about their impressions of a scene, not doing hard-and-fast reporting. We know that. The only people who don’t know that are the press. If most of you wanted to be reporters, you’d become journalists. (however that’s accomplished — there seems to be conflicting schools of thought on that one.)

However, I find it really disgraceful that some bloggers swear in their blogs. It is their choice and certainly have their targeted audience. But personally, I prefer not to read the articles written in this way. I believe that your blog should reflect your personality.

For your professional career, blogging can really bring you to higher heights.

However your future boss may read your words, and that should be a reason for hm not to hire you

As you said yourself…. a blog should reflect one’s personality… :p hence… it would be really hypocrite to have a blog which is not you at all just for the sake of pleasing a boss :p… to hell with what the boss thinks.. a blog is a blog.. it symbolizes freedom of thought.. :p SO.. your boss doesn’t deserve to have you as an employee if he refuses to hire you because of the contents of your blog… atleast that’s what i believe .

For your professional career, blogging can really bring you to higher heights.

However your future boss may read your words, and that should be a reason for h[i]m not to hire you.

My personal view: the number of pictures of oneself holding a cup/bottle of alcoholic drinks that one publishes might also be a deterrent for a future or even a current employer. The person somehow represents the company online if (s)he gets a large readership. The problem being the management of online reputation, especially in computer oriented fields.

Blogueurs et journalistes doivent répondre à des critères essentiels pour fidéliser leurs lecteurs et pour asseoir leur crédibilité : fiabilité de leur information, rigueur et protection de sources entre autres.

Why the hell are mauritian bloggers so afraid to see journalist entering the blogging world?

-> Well not exactly. Internet has been around for quite a while so, to each his own. If you want to stick a feather in your hair and pretend to be a chicken in your home, well it’s your basic right of expression I guess. But when it’s visible from the outside, some people “bien intentioné” like myself feel it’s right to point out the ridicule of the scene. What you choose to do next, unfortunately, rests solely upon you.

“He wrote only 4 articles on a blog, and he is trying to bring his journalist experience here, thinking that its the same world.”

–> Yes, unfortunately, I do have other duties in life that require me writing elsewhere. But as I said before, I’m not trying to bring about anything to anyone, just to point out when someone is straying off-track according to my humble reading of things. Again, it stems from a “bonne intention”. If you choose to respond aggressively, then by all means, stick to the formula that has brought you so much success till now.

“A mauritian journalist is blogging since long (perhaps a few years) and at no moment, the atmosphere in the mauritian blogosphere was such. I ask myself why?”

–> Just like the web is being split between western and chinese content, the mauritian blogosphere is fragmented. As you pointed out, some of “us” have been here for quite a while. But except for rare occasions (“la photo de la discorde” episode), we do not come across each other. I believe a confrontation of ideas is essential to further any debate. And talking among yourselves and sharing the same views will not result in that. So if you won’t come to us, I believe, in the interest of all, it is wise that we come to you. This would be the only thing that has changed.

But then, like I said previously, what you choose to do next, unfortunately, rests solely upon you.