John Thomson talked about “Despite the fears that kids are leaving permanent digital footprints when they post personal information online, college students think it would be even weirder if someone didn’t exist on the Web.”

There is an alternative theory on why 95% of your community members or blog readers dont participate.

I dont have a great survey or detailed research to back it up – BLAME IT ON TELEVISION.

When I and most others watch TV it tends to be uni dimensional, and not very interactive – I am learning (when watching Discovery Channel), being entertained (Comedy Central) and being made to think (at times) – when watching History Channel.

Same with Blogs – I am learning from Seeking Alpha entertained by Seth Godin, and Indexed makes me think.

I think the average user likes to still spend more time reading than writing because TV has made them look more and react less.

Which leads me to think, the new generation will use less and less of TV (my daughter, 5 years cannot sit in front of it for more than 30-45 minutes).