Why Do Bloggers Fascinate Me?

Blogging is a way of putting yourself out there, and if you have a comments section, allow yourself to be judged. You stand on the merits of your own writing. You are standing on a virtual soap box and saying what you think, then asking for other opinions of what you think.
I think of it as a very big step below public speaking, because of the anonymity of the net. Infinitely easier to dodge hecklers on the internet than from a podium.