Oren Eini

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Sep 01 2009

Is blogging dead?

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This is a reply to Chad Myers post about this question.

My answer: No.

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Comments

Thomas Johnson
01 Sep 2009
08:36 AM
Thomas Johnson

Well said!

But I think you're over complicating things :-)

Arnis L.
01 Sep 2009
08:38 AM
Arnis L.

Not this one for sure. I'm following ~30 blogs. Yours updates like 1-5 times a day. Then there is like 25 blogs that updates once a week (at best). And some that updates every few days.

Ayende Rahien
01 Sep 2009
08:40 AM
Ayende Rahien

Arnis,

Yep, pretty much how it was for the last 6 years or so

Rafal
01 Sep 2009
08:54 AM
Rafal

Blogging ain't dead, but there are more writers than readers.

Ayende Rahien
01 Sep 2009
08:56 AM
Ayende Rahien

Rafal,

Look at the sidebar :-)

Peter Corcoran
01 Sep 2009
13:52 PM
Peter Corcoran

I'm pretty sure you could have tweeted that...

Casper Bang
04 Sep 2009
10:43 AM
Casper Bang

I guess not, since I'm reading this blog. First it was RSS, now it's blogging... can't wait to read a tweet about twitter being dead.

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