Thursday, October 23rd 2008
Why do I blog?
Are you interested in what I, and others, have to say?
You can see my holiday and weekend photos on Picasaweb, you can view my drunk friends on YouTube, you can tell what mood I’m in by looking on Facebook and you can read what I blog about here. I’ve also thought of starting my own personal blog in the future.
I caught the dying moments of an interview on Radio 4 this morning with a woman who was saying Blogging is Dead.
I’m not so sure.
After a bit of Google-ing I found a few people with the same opinion; Paul Boutin, who writes for Silicon Valley gossip website Valleywag says of blogging – once a freshwater oasis of folksy self-expression and clever thought, has been flooded by a tsunami of paid bilge.
I still disagree, yes thousands have jumped on the social media and blogging bandwagon, some to great effect such as The Guardian Newspaper’s Comment is free.
I for one will continue to blog about things I find interesting, amusing, or quirky. It’s the online equivalent of talking to a complete stranger on a train, but sometimes that can be a life-enriching experience.
So like talking to strangers, if you don’t do it, give it a go. Same for blogging – try it you might like it – the blog is dead? Long live the blog!
Posted by Richard on Thursday 23rd of October 2008 at 2:28pm
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I read a similar discussion in the Yorkshire Post today, but I think that everyone has missed the point. Blogging is changing, its becoming more about sharing information than an online account of someone's life.
Posted by Tasha on Friday 24th of October 2008 at 9:47am