I’m sure now more than ever that Twitter has officially killed more people’s blogs than we would care to admit. I’m guilty of this. I can name a few other people who might be too. If not Twitter, than other platforms of microblogging and social media (Tumblr, Facebook)(me=guilty, guilty). These sites make it far more easier to get our point across without ever actually having to DO something. Or, for that matter, THINK.
I don’t think I’ve ever been one to blog my day to day. Not that I knock anyone that does that, its just not my thing. But sometimes, it can’t be that bad right? If I was a better writer, I might be able to make my day to day more interesting. I’m just not. I’ve been struggling to find where I belong in this blogosphere. (gah, I’ve had this conversation before. I know it. It rings so familiar.) Do you think that Twitter et al has killed commenting too? I’ve seen a big drop in it. (I aslo in part blame NaBloPoMo, I mean seriously, who has the time?) But when it isn’t the month of November, and if I was a daily writer, would my comments continue to be as low? I don’t know. Are we becoming lazy bloggers?
Instead of things like NaBloPoMo, should we have national blog commenting month? Would that just create the problem that a lot of people (myself included) of feeling like they have to force comments once in awhile? I mean, I would rather have a genuine comment than a forced comment but how can we really tell the difference? I know the difference of the comments I leave but I would never want the blogger to know that I forced myself to leave a comment on their blog. That’s bad form.
Sigh.
I don’t know where we go from here.
I’ve attempted (its a slow process) to cut back on my twitter time. Baseball season being over has really helped. (Apologies to those that hate it, I know you’re out there but far to kind to me to mention it. Or unfollow.) I’ve tried to devote more time to commenting. Obviously doing NaBloPoMo has tested my writing skills, and lack there of, to see if I can finish this year. I know there is a big argument for some, those that love to say “turn off the computer and go outside!” yeah ok ok sure that’s all well and good but this is 2009. A good chunk of my friends live in here. My boyfriend is 3,000 effing miles away. I need my computer. It eases a lot of the challenge of being in contact. And I like it.
Yup. I said it. I like being connected. I love technology. I love that the internet teaches me things every day and keeps me informed. The people on these crazy WWWs crack me up and blow me away with their creativity. And it lets me blow my guy a kiss every night before we go to bed. That fact alone makes most of it worthwhile, least until I can actually kiss him goodnight every night. Until then…. we have this.
So what’s next? Is blogging a fad? Is twitter? It’s going to end up somewhere and we’ll probably all slowly adapt to the change as it happens. I mean, if you are a twitter user, were you one a year and a half ago? I was a user but not as heavy as now and I didn’t even see it getting as big as it is until now.
Sigh. I don’t know. I know I hate blog posts about blogging but whatever, you read it all the way through so I guess there’s that.
What do you think?
(I also hate posts that end with an open question. But there it is.)
Blogging is here to stay. Whether or not personal blogs continue to thrive the way they have remains to be seen. I think it will. Corporate America has taken notice and followed suit therefore it will evolve.
Twitter and social media sites will survive as themselves and then evolve into whatever is the next big idea, but the concept will remain forever.
I never comment to comment. I try to always make sure I have something viable to add, feel strongly that I need to let the author know I’m there, or have an opinion about the subject matter. Or in this case, an answer I think is decent.
Blog for yourself though, not for comments. You can’t go outside everyday cause sometimes it rains or it’s cold, or its nasty out. In your location it might be on fire.
Good luck with the nablo stuff. I did it last year on my first try. It was hard and I didn’t like it but I finished it. I just choose to not do it again and admire those who do it every year.
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I wasn’t on twitter 1.5 yrs ago. I do like twitter. I wish I had the balls to weed out a lot of people I am following that abuse it. I used to blog a lot more last year. Every week I tell myself that Im done. None of this makes any sense, huh?
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I think that Twitter has definitely affected blogging and commenting. I will actually chastise people who use Twitter to reply to me and comment on my blog. Twitter is temporary – tweets disappear in the blink of an eye. The time it takes to comment is negligible, but it shows a genuine interest in what someone has to say. My comments have dropped by about half what they used to be.
I think that some bloggers have decided that what they have to say can be boiled down to 140 characters. More power to them – I think I have more to contribute than that.
I’d be okay if Twitter went away forever.
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Blogging is so 2008, PODCASTING is where it’s at!
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I think that twitter has affected the way I blog AND comment especially since I do less and less of both and I twitter & twitter away…*sigh* which is a shame because I really do enjoy the blogs that I read (which means that I will generally follow you on twitter too), but I don’t have time to comment, read blogs and twitter. I’m kinda weaning myself off of twitter for the same reasons. That and you know…I still have a LIFE to attend to. LOL.
Maybe I’ll just go back to commenting and reading and save my general random comments for twitter. Hmm…isn’t that the way it was supposed to work in the 1st place?
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Guilty? me too! But you’re right. I love being connected. I’m a twitter addict. I still read a lot of blogs. And try to comment. But having twitter helps me to stay connected even when i’m busy actually living day to day. Especially with those I love! Like you, Miss!!! But, seriously, I do intend to blog more often.
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I think twitter has killed blogging for a lot of people, but I think that feed aggregates is what killed commenting. It’s just too easy to open up your Bloglines or google reader and read through everything. Remember when you had to go to 50 different websites? And since you were there anyways, why not comment? No, twitter didn’t kill comments. subscriptions did.
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i like being connected with people and sometimes its easier online because hey look im not wearing pants and someone just ‘followed’ me on twitter……
before twitter, i used to comment on blogs more.. now i just @ the person who wrote that blog and tell them what i thought.. and RT yeah i guess we are lazy bloggers now..
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I think Twitter has definitely affected both blog posting and blog commenting. I know I do less of both now. Twitter has the advantage of instant contact and responses that just isn’t there with a blog, and I think that’s why people like it so much.
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I definitely think that TWitter has cut down on commenting, as have facebook and others.. oh, and that damn thing called life
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