I read something the other day that is really bugging me.
The debate is raging in blogosphere. Some prominent bloggers have decided to “retire” because, to sum it up, now that blogging has reached mainstream in the US, it’s not cool anymore.
Microblogging, such as Twitter, is now the “in” thing.
I was born and raised in Silicon Valley. I was syncing addresses on my IPAQ when most people still had to look up their contacts on a Rolodex. I went to journalism school with Mr. Blogger himself and put up my first web site in 1993 (the IT guy kept coming over to my desk showing me Netscape and saying “isn’t this cool?”)
How did I find myself behind the curve?
I’m not. Because blogging is not dead. It’s alive and kicking.
I don’t think the people over at Wired travel much. Most people in the UK barely know what a blog is. When I told my group of coffee morning mums that I was a mommy blogger, I got blanks stares and the 4-year-old daughter of one of my friends brought me a tissue for my “boogers”.
And I am in the heart of the “techy” Thames Valley, think of what it must be like UP NORTH.
Blogging is dead? It’s just started. Get over yourself.
That said, I’d hate to miss out on anything…
This post was written by Susanna, founder of the British Mummy Bloggers social network. You can read more at her blog, A Modern Mother.
Photo credit: Josh Russell
Smitten by Britain
Saturday 31st of July 2010
I have heard that as well and I have seen a decline in posting by some of the bloggers I follow. At least one or two have abandoned their blogs completely for Twitter. However, I know a few who have abandoned Twitter for their blogs. They felt Twitter was taking them away from working on quality content. I certainly hope that blogging is not dead. Twitter if fun but it's nice to connect with other people on a more personal, deeper level through blogging. Twitter is nicer for building business relationship but a bit tougher on building personal ones.
Jen@Jenography
Tuesday 27th of July 2010
Amen to that! So many people like to declare things "over" because of some perceived cool factor. When I lived in New York, a friend and I used to laugh about how quickly people would deem a brand new trendy restaurant or bar to be "over". "Restaurant X opens next week but it is already sooooo over." Also, blogging is simply maturing. There are new people coming to blogging all the time, as well as companies. It's part of the way we communicate now. The folks over at Wired may suggest you retire your blog. I say, only do it if you're not interested in being part of all the conversation blossoming online.