Honestly, I’ve been getting kinda worn out on blogging. Maybe it’s just a phase in my life, because I’ve been busy juggling work, 3 freelance projects and preparing for Scotland, all whilst trying to be a wife.
In today’s culture, there are so many trends that come and go…I wonder if blogging is just one of them.
What do you think?
Blogging:
–Here to stay or…
–Will eventually fall off the radar?
Have a nice weekend.
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30 responses to “Weekend Thought…Blogging”
That was just SAD. Reality shock.
Most things come and go by trend except the eternal, eh?
Hang in there…take a break if you need one…GO READ MY BLOG INSTEAD, FOR EXAMPLE. :-D
All things pass away… eventually. Perhaps Blogging will fall by the wayside soon enough, but I dunno that it’ll happen any time real soon. I see and hear about more and more people actually starting a blog of their own everyday. So, I suspect that bloggin will be around for a few more years before the next trend emerges.
No need to be a blogging feind and post something everyday… no need to feel the pressure of “I’ve gotta blog or else”…
Take a break!
(I wish i could give you a Kit-Kat bar!)
I’ve been in a blogging funk myself…
I think blogging is here for the forseeable. I’m not even sure it’s come close to reaching it’s potential yet. I’ve actually been having a conversation recently on my VOX about why we blog, as perhaps that is the question most relevant to ask as to the longevity of blogging. You can see that conversation here
I think blogging will be around for some time yet as it is still in its infancy. Blogging will change, I’m sure of it. It already has in the last year. Stars of the blogging world will change, some will fade, some with grow more popular. The real death of blogging will be when it becomes just another mainstream information source. Beyond popularity, but so “routine” that we begin to look for other, underground ways to continue to connect.
Some day, we might actually get back to that rare communication medium called “real.” I’d love to meet some of my blog friends face to face. Maybe by then they’ll have the whole Star Trek transporter worked out.
OK, how did this comment turn into a geek fest? Done.
See, I don’t think it is in its infancy. Blogging started in 1994 (I actually started doing it in 1997 without realizing what I was doing).
However, I do think it is the infancy of it’s mainstream popularity.
Maybe I am looking at this too much like a marketer, but everything has a life cycle.
You have your innovators, a very small group of people. Probably the people who started blogging in the 90s. Your early adopters, a slightly larger group with a lot of influence. They were probably doing it late 90s, early 00s, gritting their teeth through the dot.com rise and fall. Then you get your early and late majority, when EVERYONE is doing it, and I would probably guess we are in the mid-to mid/ending range of that. Then you have the people who finally catch on – say, the way my grandmother is just beginning to email people. It’s revolutionary to her, but I’ve been doing it since before high school.
Typically things meet their demise in the late majority. By that time, the innovators and early adopters are already on another page, another innovation, and the majority is getting bored, waiting to hear what they should be doing next from early adopters. The majority has a very short attention span.
Again – it could just be the marketing background in me showing up. And the fact I need chocolate.
i think if it continues to build community in our churches and also keeps evolving, it will be around for awhile. who doesn’t want to connect with other people?
Well, if Christ had a blog…not one jot or tiddle….ha!
Does anyone see other forms of communication that early adopters are using?
Maybe it’s telepathy… :)
i’m taking a bit of a break from blogging (though i’m still reading other blogs and occasionally commenting; i’m just not updating mine ;)). there are multiple reasons, the biggest two being 1) i want to invest more time in living life than i do in writing about life and 2) i’m in the process of reevaluating how i use blogging, trying to figure that out… so i’m with you.
as far as blogging trends are concerned, i know that few of the blogs i read when i first opened my xanga account are still updated regularly. even a lot of the youth group kids who initially got most of the adults i know hooked on xanga are now more active on myspace. (i personally don’t like myspace as much as it seems like a much more shallow communication forum.) and xanga’s changed a bit to keep up (more advanced profile features, photoblogging, etc). more and more of the immediate and instant. not sure how i feel about that…
Yeah, blogging ran it’s season on my end. I only continue because my life continues and it is a great way to journal. I really don’t know how long I will do it, but for now it is one of those great normalizing routines kind of like brushing your teeth. ;-)
Keeping a diary or journal is an age old practice, I think it has just found a new medium in the internet. As human beings we will never stop recording our own history, we will just change the way we do it every now and then. Blogging will be around for awhile.
Here to stay. Probably will come and go for individuals…but as a whole, it’ll always be here.
Tough one! I just recently started my blog back up after some major down time. I needed the break and life caught up with me more than I had to spend on it. It has become a simi-creative outlet for me. It has become a great way to learn about other people and open my eyes to many new things, ideas and ways of thoughts. Ok… we all know the benefits of blogging.
I think, as with anything, we can become tired of blogging. I think it’s around to stay. So much humor, glispes of people’s lifes, and thoughts are now out there on the internet through blogs.
Hard to say though. I never though AIM would move out of style though either.
Blogging is here to stay. But bloggers will probably come and go. I predict that these kids that made MySpace so popular will continue to blog and instant message and photo blog long into the future.
Don’t quit, Anne. Stay here on the blogging ground floor and influence the future with your great wit and your relevant grasp on current issues.
Look around. Not very many bloggers solicit the number of comments you get without going political or creating some other controversy.
Keep blogging and I’ll keep reading. Keep your writing skills limber here.
OK, this is just a comment from a baby boomer. I believe blogging is not always a good thing. It takes away from the personal contact that is important to us. People sit at their computers for hours, expressing their thoughts. They are confined to a small area and can “talk” to a lot of people without leaving their house or opening their mouth. To me that means our society is becoming less personal. Why should I go across the street to meet my neighbor if I can say what I want to on the computer or e-mail. On the other hand, blogging and e-mail can reach across the world and in some ways you are communicating to a larger audience; which you probably could not do because of the cost of travel, etc. So that is the flip side of the coin. I think the younger generation will keep blogging. And to some extent the baby boomers who are not physically able to personally contact their friends and family will use “web logging”. I just think it is somewhat sad to not have more of the personal contact in our lives.
To The Baby Boomer:
I disagree with your comment on blogging (or any form of computer communication) taking away from personal contact. I have met numerous friends in person after meeting them on the internet first.
Two of my closest friends i met on the web, a third i was in his wedding, a fourth is a friend that will be a part of my life forever.
I have two online friends that i have not met in person but cannot imagine life without them. The friendship we developed was no doubt a devine appoitment.
Is blogging here to stay? I believe that poeple will always search for an outlet for their thoughts regardless of the format and regardless of whether people read them or not. I think it’s loosing some momentum in my circle as the people who are just catching wind of it see that it’s not a “cure-all” for their communication needs. At our church people are asking if their ministry needs a blog and what they should do even though they really don’t know what it is. Once they see what it’s best uses are for they see the comittment required and uses are probably not worth it. *shrug*
why am i the blogging nomad?
ps. blogging has been around for a super long time, but has become so corporate that it has lost its charm. it will eventually fade out but those who were true to blogging all along will remain and will remain loving it.
Blogging is a new form of connectedness that has led to many, many face to face encounters, not detracted from community. It is OK to blog in waves. Without ebb and flow, life fades into monotony.
blogging will stay if for no other reason that it helps people create their online space in easier to track ways than old “homepages.” however, it will evolve and maybe for many become less tied to the date and time journal format and be more like personal electronic publishing.
I think blogging for me, evolves as I evolve. I used to blog for others, I had a site meter where I tracked my stats, and always thought carefully about my posts, and what others might think about my comments. I am at the point now where I do not feel compelled to blog or read others blogs, but only do so if I want. This is really a part of my personal revolution that has just transposed to my online habits. I believe that blogging will be around as long as it is useful and not burdensome.
shari
It’s now the week. I need a weekday thought.
Blogging is a way for people to “be heard”. For this reason alone, I think it will stay around. All people want there opinion’s “out there” to be heard by somebody……..anybody.
I think it is part of the Id or Ego. We all need to be needed………we all need to feel as if we count.
i think too, that it will stay, but i agree it seems to have ‘waves’ for everyone. it offers a great opportunity for connecting w/ people – whether you post daily or not ….
I think I will not blog again until you blog
okay, you’ve been skipping longer than i have…you got to warn us if you take a vacation.
Anne. How are you? Here’s the thing, I think you are amazing and your blogging inspires me. Lets just say that I am very new to the blogging world, but I find it intriguing. This could be because I am not conditioned to the daily task, but all the same – you inspire me. What are you up to lately? I miss seeing your lovely face around!
So I think I have posted like 3 times in the past three weeks. I feel like I have been in a writing funk of late. Not sure what it is, but its been a funk. We will see how blogging pans out.