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Is Bloggging a Fad?
Posted by TonyB • 5/17/07 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: blogging, content
Riley Central has an interesting post titled "Blogging is a Fad. Good Writing Isn't".
rileycentral.net/wordpress/2007/01/01/blogging-is-a-fad-good-writing-isnt/
Is blogging a fad?
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Blogging isnt a fad. Human beings are social creatures who like to share experiences and information with others. Blogging is a way for people to do this. It has enabled people to communicate their thoughts and ideas in a way never possible before. Previously you had to be in the media or a published author to be heard and even then others guided your hand. Now, no matter how professional or inept a person is, they can still are their views to the world with absolute freedom of expression. Even the most evil and reprehensible people have a voice (not sure on that one could be a counter point ......hmmmmm) Great isnt it. -
This is not only not a fad but just the beginning really. -
I think blogging will transform into some other iteration in the future.
Because it's easy enough to begin, I see a lot of folks who are only peripherally dedicated to it joining the bandwagon. But readers expect consistency. And people who follow fads aren't notoriously consistent. So it'll be the folks who are really passionate about their topic that will be moving blogging forward in whatever direction it evolves into.
A lot of what it becomes will probably have to do with market saturation versus new technologies.
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While I don't think it's a fad, there certainly has been an explosion recently that would make it appear that way. -
A blog is another extension address for oneself...telling others as much about a person indirectly...now instead of phone no and e-mail add, people will be asking for your url too...and that will be your blog
This will definitely stay and not just a fad. -
If blogging was a fad you wouldnt get Large internet companies buying out blog social networks.
I believe it is still the start for blogging and it is still early days for the internet really still at a young age, where will they both be 39 years from now -
I agree with all of the above comments. Blogging has changed communication, socializing, advertising, marketing, and business-there's no way it's just a fad. But inevitably it will have to grow and improve, and although it's impossible for me to predict how it will change, I guarantee there are people somewhere getting paid to do just that-figure out where blogging is heading next. -
Thank you for reading my post "Blogging is a Fad: Good Writing Isn't"
Is it a fad you ask? I just did a search of a word in my niche out of 11 pages of returned blogs, only a handful had updated since 2005.
It's definitely a fad (IMHO) and I hope I got that point across in the article. At the same time it is very exciting to see a post-modern movement based on reading, writing, and personal expression! I hope those terms stay on when the fad wears out.
I wrote something on the concept of Cultural Literacy and blogging here:
rileycentral.net/wordpress/2007/04/29/where-are-you-going-with-that-thought...
Thanks, I've joined all your neighborhoods. Look forward to reading your blogs! -
Yes. Everyone stop now and return to your lives and family. -
Blogging isn't necessarily a "fad" like skinny-jeans or tongue piercings. However it is an "evolution" of global communication. You're correct in that most people who start blogs generally forget them, but that weeds out those who weren't truly interested in the communications platform to begin with and it leaves those behind who are passionate about technology and voicing their views. Blogging is not only a way to communicate personal opinion and work, but it is also rapidly becoming a primary avenue for entertainment and business advertising, as we are all aware of. My prediction is that in the next two to three years we are going to see a true blending of the various different internet-based medias to produce a new platform of communication which will be far more accessible and liquidly interactive... -
Well put. I agree it will morph.
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What in the world did I do before April 2007 ... I ask you. For a fad blogging has become a very important part of my daily life. I have found my niche. -
I don't think it's a fad.
I think its a great tool. ;o) -
Funny, this is the first time I find myself disagreeing with most people here and here's why: just because you people don't treat blogging as a fad, it doesn't mean everyone is like that.
How many people do you know that are blogging about SEO? How many blogs have you seen whose sole purpose is to make money off ads? And that's just one aspect of the bandwagon trend I've been seeing on the net for a while now.
Another aspect is the reason why people start blogs: because someone else they know did it. I actually know quite a lot of people who started blogging that way. After all, "everyone" blogs nowadays
By the way, Riley, I can relate to your experience. I had a blog back in '99, during NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, and as far as I remember the word "blog" didn't even exist then :/-
I see blogging as a fad.
I also see blogging as part of a rapidly evolving set of ways people are finding and developing, to use the new information technologies.
Blogging is a fad: 'everybody's doing it.'
That doesn't mean that there are unfaddish aspects to it.
You might be interested in Riley's entire article, if you haven't read it already.
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Thrift shop is dead right, it will evolve.
We'd guess as easier, quicker - voice, thought process? Links won't matter anyway - it'll be one big link. Web 28.0 here we come (that's twenty-eight) -
Actually, I'm with Riley on this one: "yes and no."
Taking the liberty of quoting extensively from the conclusion, Riley sees the development of -
"A highly and daily more refined set of regular posters who enjoy writing about the world, either in a narrowly defined category, or in a “personal blog” format AND who are internet savvy.
"It has been said that topic specific blogs are the only ones that will flourish in the future. I disagree. I think the personal blog and the topic specific ones have their place and there is plenty enough audience out there for the good ones."
The only thing I'd take exception with there is the distinction between "topic specific" and "personal" blogs.
I submit that personal blogs are by definition topic-specific. They deal with the relatively narrow topic of one person's thoughts, feelings, and observations. -
Life is about change......whether it is a fad or not doesn't mean the quality of content should be under rated.....many people have touched lives simply by allowing others to know they are not alone in what ever they are facing someone else is going through it too....I think it's great and if its a fad oh well count me in -
How's this for cereal-box philosophy:
A tradition is a fad that lasts more than one generation.-
I like it. Well done, Brian! ;-}
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No, blogging is not a fad. Everything we know about it says it will evolve. Does it mean everyone will one day blog (only a small fraction of the public actually blogs)? No. There are publishers and there are readers.
But consider what blogging really is for a moment ... it's an electronic publication that moved static websites toward being a living communication tools. It allowed people who create, share, and discuss ideas. While the format may change over the years, I doubt very much it ever go away. So blogging, it seems to me, is just beginning to break in the mainstream. -
It's been around some time and will continue to evolve as Rich stated.
Badly written blogs will not last long though. -
I think there are people who start a blog as a lark or they think they are going to get rich quickly and after a few months they find it more work than play and time spent with little monetary reward. They are the ones that will fade away.
Then there are those who find they love it, almost find it addicting, no matter if there is money to be had or not. They will keep going, keep learning more, and keep getting better and better at writing content.
I think it's like roller skating was when I was around 12. We all went to the rink on Saturday night but only a few learned to skate backwards and do the cool tricks.
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