Thursday, June 7th, 2007, 2:29 am
‘Twitterization’ of Blogs, Resistance Ensues
Filed under: More and more people are now able to blog. With technical barrier lowered, more information can be delivered more quickly, whether we like this or now.
Most bloggers prefer mundane tidbits to deep thoughts, and backed by voice transcription and video sharing, the cell phone may soon be the tool of choice.
The prevalence of blogs is (just as expected) sucking some of the fun out of it. This lacks the appeal of a unique occuption. For myself, I predicted this over 2 years ago.
Are blogs dying as a whole? Not quite. Instead, blogs with a particular focus — blogs that deliver consistent content (not streams of consciousness) appear to survive. Here are the words of a man who cannot stand the disruption to his profession.
“Millions and millions of exuberant monkeys … are creating an endless digital forest of mediocrity,” Keen writes in a book published Tuesday.
His views have infuriated bloggers and others, especially in Silicon Valley, who argue he is an elitist intellectual, a conservative pining for a return to old ways, and a writer who cannot keep his facts straight.
As you look around the Web and track blogs that you used to read, often you find that the pace of blogging has declined significantly. In retrospect, blogs became very popular very fast, so they attracted many millions, which in turn led to the anti-climax. Long live the culture of personal blogs that were actually lively! Not many of them are left, unless you focus on “Internet celebrities”. Professional blogs replace drivel. I too have moved on.
June 7th, 2007 at 11:30 am
We had a play with Twitter while we were at the Big Chip Awards a couple of weeks ago. Strangely enough, we simply lost interest. It’s just too trivial. Why am I interested if someone in Chicago is scratching their arse? I’m not. It might kead somewhere to something useful but its’ meaningless as it stands