Let's figure it out together.

So, blogging has become an accepted form of communication. Many research articles suggest reasons why people blog.
More importantly, however, is the actual experience of this form of communication. Blogging must be hitting some deep chord with so many people because the number of bloggers keeps growing and growing. It must fulfill other needs in our lives besides just getting the message out there. Or is that just it--The ease in communicating through the weblog tool? Why not write in a paper journal, or make a phone call, or email, or call someone or IM? Why blogging? Is it a different form of communication? How do you see it? What does it do for you? How does blogging make you feel?