Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Blogging is sooooo 2004!

Twitter, Flickr, Facebook Make Blogs Look So 2004


By Paul Boutin Email 10.20.08



Thinking about launching your own blog? Here's some friendly advice: Don't. And if you've already got one, pull the plug.

Writing a weblog today isn't the bright idea it was four years ago. The blogosphere, once a freshwater oasis of folksy self-expression and clever thought, has been flooded by a tsunami of paid bilge. Cut-rate journalists and underground marketing campaigns now drown out the authentic voices of amateur wordsmiths. It's almost impossible to get noticed, except by hecklers. And why bother? The time it takes to craft sharp, witty blog prose is better spent expressing yourself on Flickr, Facebook, or Twitter.

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Seriously though, a bit of me is really sad.  I know video is quicker, and flashier, but for me it's all about the WRITING.  In long form.   I know people talk about "Twitter" all the time, but I've never really taken the time to figure it out, or look it over.  It's just a quick sentence or two, which can be kind of fun (like a status update, if you're familiar with facebook).

My problem has never been that I don't want to write, it's that I hate having to weed parts of me out, or censor what it is I'm really thinking because *this* might not be the proper venue for it.
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4 comments:

  1. Pure EvylOctober 22, 2008 at 5:15 PM

    If the form is dying then I suppose I will just go down with the ship.

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  2. Tom AllenOctober 22, 2008 at 6:44 PM

    Feh! This is just the flip side of the attitude "Oh a blog? Why would you want to read about what somebody had for breakfast?" (and yes, I still know plenty of people who take this perspective about blogs).

    There will always be people who will hype the newer, better, faster, bigger, phatter, nexter big thingie. Screw'em. Let all those sheep follow the crowd, and you keep on doing what you enjoy. Those who appreciate the word will stick around.

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  3. barelydirtyOctober 23, 2008 at 11:05 AM

    LOL, well thank you!! I can't believe that people who enjoy writing, would really be satisfied with the one liners of twitter. Unless I was updating it a million times per day that is..

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  4. eroticegoJanuary 5, 2009 at 1:23 PM

    Long live blogs! Or really, I'd take any medium that allows me to instantly publish my writing...it's writing that is at times a dying art form unfortunately. E-mail started the downfall :) That's why I always make a sincere effort to do all my e-mails in complete sentences and essay format!

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