Tuesday, May 18, 2004
Why do people give up weblogs?
From luvly, Why do people give up weblogs?
A cogent synopsis of reasons why some ex-webloggers gave up their weblogs, including
"Everywhere I looked I saw the same features with which we're all familiar: hopeful linkylurve, memes, indulgent/tiresome self-disclosure... the only distinguishing factors in most cases being strength and combination. I won't make a sweeping statement about its value - at the very least it entertains, & that's something. But to me, a person who isn't looking to promote myself within it, the "blogosphere" (*CRINGE*) is overwhelmingly dull, and I suppose that made it quite easy to opt out.
posted by Sal Towse at 12:17 PM|
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A cogent synopsis of reasons why some ex-webloggers gave up their weblogs, including
"Everywhere I looked I saw the same features with which we're all familiar: hopeful linkylurve, memes, indulgent/tiresome self-disclosure... the only distinguishing factors in most cases being strength and combination. I won't make a sweeping statement about its value - at the very least it entertains, & that's something. But to me, a person who isn't looking to promote myself within it, the "blogosphere" (*CRINGE*) is overwhelmingly dull, and I suppose that made it quite easy to opt out.
posted by Sal Towse at 12:17 PM|
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: views from the Hill
Bertold Brecht:
Everything changes. You can make
A fresh start with your final breath.
But what has happened has happened. And the water
You once poured into the wine cannot be
Drained off again.
Everything changes. You can make
A fresh start with your final breath.
But what has happened has happened. And the water
You once poured into the wine cannot be
Drained off again.
