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WHY?
The usual reasons:
1.) The Love has gone --
2.) The other party has grown into someone(thing) different.
Once we blogged for COMMUNITY
Now, we blog for
SEARCH ENGINES
Remember how thrilled you were when you got your first comments on your blog?
How you joined bloghops to meet others, posted their blog buttons on your sidebar?
How you emailed special blogging friends?
You got to know those friends from their comments and their newsy posts on their blogs.
Then, they started to DRIFT AWAY from your blog,
your received comments.
In the blogverse, it's gotten like that cliche in Western Movies:
It's quiet out there ... too quiet.
The community has dissipated to other outlets of SOCIAL MEDIA or other concerns.
Specifically to Facebook ...
where it is hard to get blog notice without paying extra for it ...
and not even then sometimes!
The demise of Google+ has relegated many of us to the shadows, forgotten in dim memories.
WHAT CAN WE DO?
Know that good writing is true writing.
Endure:
Do not be a weather-vane spinning crazily about, buffeted by the winds of the current fads.
Stay True to Ourselves.
Write posts that please us --
Seasons change, but we grow from surviving their storms.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
IS BLOGGING IN THE I.C.U.?
HAS BLOGGING GROWN AWAY FROM US?
DO WE CHANGE
OR
STAY THE COURSE?
OR
STAY THE COURSE?
I'd like to think blogging can still make it, but I also think the way it works and where it fits into our social networking has changed from when we first started out.
ReplyDeleteRemember MySpace? The 8 Track tape? :-) I agree: if blogging adapts and us with it, then it will continue. Thanks, Misha, for commenting. It means a lot.
DeleteI think it's here to stay. It was different, sure, a few years ago. People were more willing to engage. But, we have content to share, and readers will find us. Stay the course and soldier on.
ReplyDeleteThe internet world has grown so vast that I am not sure how many new people will find us. But Like You, I figure the only path is to soldier on and write the best posts we can. :-)
DeleteI love all the friends I've made blogging. For me, it takes lots of time to blog hop, when I have time restraints. But I hate to think of it as over. I will continue on....
ReplyDeleteCathrina, I, too, love all the friends I've made while blogging -- but so many no longer do so. :-(
DeleteStill, my blog has become my cyber-diary, so, like you, I will continue on. :-)
Blogging still works but it's not a daily social thing now. But it's still a good way to keep in contact with people and keep the search engines happy. The only other thing I'm on is Twitter and you can't keep up with anyone over there.
ReplyDeleteNo, you're right: you cannot keep tabs on anyone over there anymore. Thanks, Alex, for taking time out of your always busy day to drop in and comment, :-)
DeleteIt is now one of many aspects of social media, and not a front runner, except possibly for more extended content.
ReplyDeleteNot a front runner for sure, Terry. But things change. Sometimes things old become new again. :-) Like you, I like the chance for a more detailed post.
DeleteHi Roland - blogging is deeper ... and thank goodness for it. I can't do 140 characters or slightly more, or sound bites, slogans - sadly I have to join in FB (not personally) for various bloghops - I'd rather not ... but I do want people to still read my blog.
ReplyDeleteI've stopped posting so often and have joined in the WEP and #WAWTB bloghops ... one giving me a chance to write stories (not my forte) and the other to promote positive news that appeals and I hope will do to others ... and why I only post the sort of content that appeals to me as something interesting ...
I'll keep blogging and as far as I can follow others ... cheers Hilary
You are one of my favorite blog-friends, Hilary. I hope to always see you here. :-)
DeleteI've watched the changes over 14 years and while it hit its peak a while ago, it will still be around for a while. Hilary said it best - blogging is deeper.
ReplyDeleteExactly, Diane. We can go more in-depth in our posts ... better express what we think and feel. :-)
DeleteI never did much with Google+ so that didn't affect me much. I have noticed a drop off in comments and posts from other bloggers, but fortunately a few have continued to comment on my posts--I just don't post as much as I used to.
ReplyDeleteI have my theories as to what may have happened, but it also might be a matter of the particular community most of us are in. I think the blogging is still strong, but the communities have shifted, ebbed, and flowed. I for one don't have the dedication to devote the same amount of time as I did when I first got excited about blogging. There are so many other things to do and things to get done that need to be done.
I'm still hanging on to my blogging, but for now I'm just going to coast for a while.
Arlee Bird
Tossing It Out
What with the worldwide blood shortage, I am having to post less often myself. Mention blogging these days, and most people with frown. Blogging must evolve or wither. :-)
DeleteI think it still works, but it helps to link blogs to our Instagram/Facebook/Twitter/Other accounts.
ReplyDeleteI've also been considering Podcasting as an extension of my blog. But, it's too much to figure out in this one moment. I need to write first.
Podcasting is an interesting idea, but I do not have the looks for it! :-)
DeleteWhile I don't blog or comment like I used to, I will always value the people I've gotten to know and the friendships I feel I've made through blogging. This is the network where it all began. Sites like IWSG wouldn't exist were it not for the blog.
ReplyDeleteI really value my blog friends, too. But so many have left the medium. :-(
DeleteI've noticed that a lot of people have moved over to Facebook. I tried reading bits and pieces there and posting comments, but it didn't satisfy me the way that blogging does. The blogosphere has changed tremendously. It used to be a thrill to be asked to write a guest post, and we don't have giveaways as we once did. Everything keeps evolving, though, and maybe blogging will come back into favor again.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Janie
Fashions too tend to have a pendulum effect to them. What is old can suddenly become new again -- but in a slightly different aspect. :-)
DeleteI know this comes up every year. But blogging is so much more adaptable than other mediums. It's a survivor.
ReplyDeleteI hope so. Still, My Space fell to Facebook. Now FB is losing ground to Instagram. Who knows what Hydra will rear its head, Holly?
DeleteI'm not sure what will happen to blogging. It may stick. People want to read from real people and at this time, it seems like the longest form of communication :)
ReplyDeleteInstagram and FB seem to project what people want you to think of them. Blogging seems more authentic like you say, Erika. :-)
DeleteIf we ever reached a stage where we were forced to choose one social platform, I'd go with the blog.
ReplyDeleteBecause it offers depth, I think that it's the one domain that is most authentic. Twitter, Facebook and other platforms are constantly evolving... changing...
I'm with you, Michelle. I would choose Blogging, too. My blog has become a home of sorts for me. :-)
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