Web Stuff and Whatnot » Blogging http://www.edenjaeger.com By Eden Jaeger Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:45:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Blogging is Over, Pull the Plug http://www.edenjaeger.com/blogging-is-over-pull-the-plug/ http://www.edenjaeger.com/blogging-is-over-pull-the-plug/#comments Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:51:18 +0000 edenjaeger http://www.edenjaeger.com/?p=57 Follow me on Twitter. This post originally appeared at: 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.

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