Should You Stop Blogging? A Great Article by Chris Crum
I read an article today by Chris Crum at Web Pro News. He mentioned an article posted by Wired "Twitter, Flickr, Facebook Make Blogs Look So 2004" which has created quite a stir.
Chris says:
"I would even go so far as to say that they're just getting started. Yes, there is plenty of worthless content out there. I would personally say the same thing about television, but do I think television is dead as a medium? No (Granted, I do think there is some big change coming for TV courtesy of the online video revolution, but that's another discussion entirely). "
He goes on to say:
"One reason why blogs are in no danger of extinction, is that their content is entirely "on demand" - meaning if you don't like a blog, you don't have to read it, and you can move on to another one that you do like. You can subscribe to the ones you enjoy and get all the content you want, and if you don't like the content from one of those at any point, you can simply unsubscribe and stop reading it. If you have any complaints about a blog, then you have the choice to go elsewhere. Why is that a problem? Why would that signal the extinction? Because "elsewhere" could be Twitter or Facebook? I don't think so."
To read the full post and the many comments here is the link http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/10/21/should-you-stop-blogging
Chris says:
"I would even go so far as to say that they're just getting started. Yes, there is plenty of worthless content out there. I would personally say the same thing about television, but do I think television is dead as a medium? No (Granted, I do think there is some big change coming for TV courtesy of the online video revolution, but that's another discussion entirely). "
He goes on to say:
"One reason why blogs are in no danger of extinction, is that their content is entirely "on demand" - meaning if you don't like a blog, you don't have to read it, and you can move on to another one that you do like. You can subscribe to the ones you enjoy and get all the content you want, and if you don't like the content from one of those at any point, you can simply unsubscribe and stop reading it. If you have any complaints about a blog, then you have the choice to go elsewhere. Why is that a problem? Why would that signal the extinction? Because "elsewhere" could be Twitter or Facebook? I don't think so."
To read the full post and the many comments here is the link http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/10/21/should-you-stop-blogging
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