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Bloggers: the party's over

It's a classic article that's already creating lots of chatter: Wired magazine's Twitter, Flickr, Facebook make blogs look so 2004.

The author's right: blogging's slow, it's boring, it doesn't generate buzz. If you want to make friends, go on Facebook; if you want to influence people, try Twitter.

Thing is, from the same facts I've reached a different conclusion. I think Facebook and Twitter (so 2008) may just have saved blogging. Blogging's relative slowness and the need for considered, self-contained posts makes it an ideal place for reflection. As the speed and quantity of posts has declined, the quality has been increasing.

Reflection may sound rather academic; so let me recommend a well-aimed rant that reminds me why I still love blogging. Just don't tell Tom Murphy that blogging's dead; that would really fire him up.

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Bloggers: the party's over

It's a classic article that's already creating lots of chatter: Wired magazine's Twitter, Flickr, Facebook make blogs look so 2004.

The author's right: blogging's slow, it's boring, it doesn't generate buzz. If you want to make friends, go on Facebook; if you want to influence people, try Twitter.

Thing is, from the same facts I've reached a different conclusion. I think Facebook and Twitter (so 2008) may just have saved blogging. Blogging's relative slowness and the need for considered, self-contained posts makes it an ideal place for reflection. As the speed and quantity of posts has declined, the quality has been increasing.

Reflection may sound rather academic; so let me recommend a well-aimed rant that reminds me why I still love blogging. Just don't tell Tom Murphy that blogging's dead; that would really fire him up.