TechDigest had an interesting editorial about how they believe Facebook is killing personal blogging.
I signed into Vox the other day, for the first time in months. It looks like everyone in my personal neighbourhood has been similarly lax too - only one of my friends has blogged in August, and several last posted in May. It’s like a Web 2.0 graveyard.
The same goes for Twitter. I got all fired up about micro-blogging, yet my Twitter feed is gathering dust, or whatever the internetweb equivalent is (stray zeroes and ones?). And the same is true for the people I follow.
In both cases, I think the reason is the same: Facebook. My friends and I have basically dumped personal blogging and micro-blogging in favour of posting status updates, joining groups, and sending each other virtual fish. And I don’t think we’re the only ones.
I think in many cases Facebook is kiling personal blogging but IMO facebook sharing is much like blogging used to be. Sharing links, videos, and comments. So Facebook is just a new form of an old communication tool. And you get to control who you share it with very much like Vox.
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Michael || Aug 17, 2007 at 1:53 am
I agree. I think personal blogging is moving into a new direction, while “pro blogging” is simply becoming daily online magazine-style publishing using a blogging platform.
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