tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post6443315803658191078..comments2024-03-24T10:38:16.997-07:00Comments on Geeking with Greg: Blogging is dead, but have we fixed anything?Greg Lindenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09216403000599463072noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-50295002607232495122013-09-23T12:50:25.735-07:002013-09-23T12:50:25.735-07:00I think what is missing is publishers. As Markus m...I think what is missing is publishers. As Markus mentions, discovery is a real problem. Most of the blogs I still read are two or three people banding together to blog (e.g. http://econlog.econlib.org/ ) It seems to me that great meta-blogs could (and probably do) exist. I've found infrequent blogs with a fraction of good content, but don't have the desire or ability to filter them appropriately. Automatic systems were supposed to help with this but don't seem to be filling the job (although perhaps they should be tools for journalists, who can serve the publisher role?)ReaderThinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00843921662893708861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-27680988790142115612013-07-04T21:22:01.300-07:002013-07-04T21:22:01.300-07:00and so the conclusion is, if I'm right, we nee...and so the conclusion is, if I'm right, we need a totally new platform between blog and mircoblogging one like Twitter ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-47128329148197757172013-05-09T10:48:56.057-07:002013-05-09T10:48:56.057-07:00"Attention is random; being seen is luck of t..."Attention is random; being seen is luck of the draw. We are far from ideal."<br /><br />Well said.Bjorn Larsenhttps://twitter.com/bjornnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-53672623707486973642013-05-09T08:08:49.409-07:002013-05-09T08:08:49.409-07:00I would say that individual blog posts (and their ...I would say that individual blog posts (and their format) are still valuable to many interested readers. However, discovery and—at least for the average user—subscription management are problems.<br />I wish there was something that automatically selects what I'm interested in and what is personally relevant to me. Unfortunately, I believe this is pretty much impossible; I sometimes find random topics to be interesting on occasion and regularly read sources uninteresting.<br />But I could at least make my main interests known to a service; they fall into two categories: topics or sources/people. I could tell such a service I liked topic X and source A and person B. Or—better—topic Y only in combination with topic Z, topic Z by itself only by source C. I would then get personalized subscriptions to “blog posts”.Markus Cadonauhttp://www.cadonau.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-34327081951018143652013-05-09T06:36:09.185-07:002013-05-09T06:36:09.185-07:00Personally, I was (and still am!) very interested ...Personally, I was (and still am!) very interested in your blog.<br />However, over time, most of the content moved to Google+; and then, yes, this blog died.<br /><br /><br />I am still convinced the only reason Google closed Reader was to shut down a competitor to Google+. It was against the general strategy for pushing content inside their walled garden, and therefore it had to be shut down.Roberto Liffredohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18353961184039436199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-80894469010507734732013-05-09T01:31:05.085-07:002013-05-09T01:31:05.085-07:00Blogging is important in that it satisfy the desir...Blogging is important in that it satisfy the desire to communicate and possibly get something off our chests. The only problem is that many blogs may not be read or gain any followers. What we are doing is simply tipping stuff into cyberspace and hoping for the best. I am one of those.<br />If what you write is interesting enough, you'll be read. Joe Rotherayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04476503912821740290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6569681.post-11364563352632557682013-05-08T15:49:56.311-07:002013-05-08T15:49:56.311-07:00Writing is important. Essays have a bigger impact ...Writing is important. Essays have a bigger impact in the longer term, in shaping ideas, that any number of tweets.<br /><br />Tweets are more for drawing attention to shiny things; marketing that works best when directed towards things that have cheap payoffs, like funny pictures.<br /><br />I agree that blogging is dead, in so far as anything that is not growing is dead. My internet is much quieter than it used to be, I'm less engaged. But I'm also older and more economical with my time.<br /><br />But essays aren't dead. Whether they live on in forum posts, Q&A sites, blogs, social networks, wherever; consistent, quality writing remains influential.Barry Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10559947643606684495noreply@blogger.com