Blogging is Over, Pull the Plug

Wired Magazine says blogs are dead. I think many of the original aspects of blogs have died, but blogging in its most basic forum will continue. After all, a blog is just another medium for communicating a message.

I do agree that blog comments and blog communities are dying. As pointed out in the article, blog comments have become a real cesspit in most cases. Ultimately, I think a page of comments on a blog is mostly a waste of time and space. Even if 5% of the comments are truly worth reading, it takes far too much time to scan through the other 95% to find those gems. That is why I removed comments from FinanceAndFat.com and I will be doing the same for all of my other sites.

I don’t think that Twitter can ever fully replace blogs, but it does make a great supplement. It will be interesting to see if any more well known bloggers take up the mailing list idea like Jason Calacanis has.

As for me, I will keep my blogs alive. I enjoy writing and, even though I don’t do it often enough, I view my writing as an important part of the long term plan for what I will be doing with my life.