This is the one that will be the last post ever.
Blogging is dead.
Well, “traditional” blogging anyway. Microblogging has totally stolen everything valuable from traditional blogs (like this one) and made it easier to connect with other people, share parts of your life, and get others to respond.
I’m playing around with Google Buzz right now. And so far I’m kind of impressed with how integrated it is with my already established web of Internet contacts. It knows that I want to see the newest photos posted by that friend-of-a-friend, and it knows that I want to know what Daniel’s up to.
The shitty part about microblogging – Twitter, Facebook to a degree and now Google Buzz – is that it kills a lot of the motivation I’ve ever had to blog. Why do I need to log into WhatSomeWouldCallLies.com and complain about a messy co-worker [posted here on December 2007] when I could just pound out my frustrations in 140 characters or less?
And on a good day, this blog has about 40 visitors. 40. Lame.
On Twitter I’ve got 353 followers. And let’s assume that only one quarter of those 350 Twitter followers are actually regularly checking their feed, that’s still more blog visitors that I see daily.
Really, I need to think about what my purpose here is. If I just want to socialize, share links and post pictures of Olive and Beezus then maybe I should be using social networks instead of this blog.
What do you think?
February 10th, 2010 at 12:37 pm
I love how you’ve advertised your Twitter account at the end of this post.
Isn’t the purpose of your blog to write more meaningful posts about events, etc in your life? I think this site definitely still serves a purpose.
February 10th, 2010 at 12:50 pm
EPIC POST!
http://croxis.net/archive/2010-02-10/this-one-is-about-what-some-would-call-lies
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February 10th, 2010 at 1:16 pm
I agree with Dan on both points.
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February 10th, 2010 at 4:56 pm
I certainly hope the title of this post is a joke! Expanding on what Dan said, I think a blog is designed to be more solid and all-encompassing than any buzz, feed, or twitter. Everything down to the web page design and layout is built to convey a sense of the person I feel, and you lose that if we devolve people down to 140 characters.
February 10th, 2010 at 5:36 pm
Please don’t go. I don’t get to see you everyday at work, and quite frankly, twitter isn’t acceptable enough for me.
February 10th, 2010 at 9:51 pm
Don’t let this blog die. It will make the remaining 2.5 years of law school harder to cope with.
February 11th, 2010 at 7:21 am
Please continue blogging. Your stories deserve more than 140 characters.