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How teenage diaries helped create the blog

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The most respected digital publications owe their format to dramatic adolescents. The concept of the 'blog' started as literally a 'web log,' primarily used by teenagers oversharing their daily emotional breakdowns. That raw, informal structure eventually mutated into the standard format for modern, multi-million dollar news outlets.

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