There is just so much content which isn’t interesting, including tweets.
http://spatiallyrelevant.org/2008/07/14/nothing-of-interest-today-move-on/

I realized I should stop contributing to the fluff.
http://spatiallyrelevant.org/2008/07/24/less-fluff-more-value/

I also realized that I other people have good things to say, perhaps more so than me.
http://spatiallyrelevant.org/2008/08/03/great-ideas-maybe-not-but-they-are-yours/

I’ve already posted 1 of them and have handful of other inquiries, so not sure where this comment is going, but while there may be a sea change underway for platforms, I think that is like the cool kid early adopter folk mainly.

Good post, sorry for the multiple links, but thought it would interesting to share my evolution towards a re-invigorated approach to my blog and ensuring sustained mediocrity.

~jon

But there’s nothing more depressing than a deserted blog of several months or even weeks. I post to my personal blog, (very niche and which I started 3 years ago) every week. I used to blog 3 times a week, but decided that was the quickest way to burn out. Like many I also work full time. So I let my readers know my blogging frequency was changing and they were cool. The interaction became stronger and more frequent if anything. They now carry on conversations on it without me needing to reply to every post as I used to. My only regret is that I don’t have time to visit all the blogs of those who visit and comment on mine… another essential part of blogging.

I am also quite active on Facebook, and I haven’t found it detracted from blogging at all. I use it very differently to blogging.
I am just about to try Twitter but for business stuff(time will tell if it’s a good idea or not), and I am thinking of starting a new marketing related blog. But knowing the time commitment has made me delay because I know what it’s going to involve. Twitter won’t replace blogging… I look at it like my FB status updates.

There are some who advocate farming out your blog posts, but since blogging is a form of personal expression this won’t work for my personal blog and I’m not too sure if it will for my business related one either. But it solves the issue of content frequency.
It would be a shame if blogs faded (personally don’t think they are) because in many cases they are freedom from listening to the controlled media.

However as I am currently starting up a new company (spun off in a new direction from my old company) I am now looking at starting a new business based blog.

I think that it is perhaps the intention behind the blog that affects whether people move to social media instead. If the main reason you blog is to keep friends updated about what’s going on in your life, then Twitter and Facebook etc can do the job easier and allow you a richer interaction with your friends. If you use your blog as a means of self expression, promotion or to make money in some way then you’re more likely to keep on blogging as it’s more visible through search engines etc, is more possible to mould into your own personal brand and is probably the right tool for the job.

quantity vs value = value wins

-> I think people are using Twitter and other social go-betweens b/c like you said, it is faster and more well, like regular conversation. But the Twitter experience is not a lasting experience, like a blog post can be.

Not enough thought processes go into 140 little characters.

Each has it’s own use, right?

Rock on,

lawton

I miss everyone too. :)