When blogging dies
I guess I've been thinking about this for a long time now, and even though it's not a pleasant thought per say, it's a reality that I think we will do better if we face honestly.
When I first found this place, I truly bought the idea that blogging was the future. I thought, superficially so I admit, that most people would find themselves happy writing on here, and thus experience a more profound version of social media. These days however, I think I've shifted my expectations, almost a full one eighty to be honest.
This is not to say there won't be bloggers on here, or that applications like peakd, won't have a place. But, to invite into my mind the possibility that blogging will be the minority of the activity on this chain, and this might happen very soon.
With the creation of more dapps, whether we are talking about games or defi, more and more users will join, and I submit to you the possibility that these waves of new users will probably never learn about the blogs that began it all.
Not to say this is necessarily a bad thing or a sad thing for that matter. I happen to think that the experiment of blogging was the honey that attracted the flies. And, some of us, some of the flies, thankfully refused to leave. The first Dapp, the blog, was crucial in the formation of a community, with all it's flaws, wars and drama--without it, this place would have died long ago.
I'll admit the hyperbolic nature of my title, but it's fitting to add enough melancholy to the soup. It won't die die, not one hundred percent, but it might not be more relevant than Myspace. (fun fact, it's still around)
Regardless. I enjoy writing, and probably will continue to do so, even if the audience leaves me and I'm left talking to myself.
MenO
If even one person on the planet reads your post, then you did everything for a reason. If you want to write, then you need to write ))
I think that everything will be fine and Hive will prosper
(I'm not voting now - I need to save up HP )
!BEER
precisely true
when AI starts to learn just from AI because everything is written by AI, AI will need verified true people who write :D
that's a dystopian thought, but one we have to consider. In a world of artificial sweeteners, honey is as precious as gold.
By itself, blogging can be an interesting form of communication. Whereby, the emphasis here is clearly on the verb ‘can’. The author's frustration increases the moment he has to stand idly by and watch his published thoughts sink into a mountain of rubbish that is absolutely irrelevant.
I wonder if there are authors on here (not me for sure), who've managed to bring eyes to the platform solely through their writings.
I feel the same way. I think I wrote something similar last year and a prominent user/developer of the platform left me an interesting comment. Apparently the whole point of blogging (and content creation generally on here) was for the original distribution of the token. This was to achieve a claim of decentralisation. Basically so we can claim the token was "fairly" distributed. That era is apparently over now and it's all about the L2s; Splinterlands, 3Speak, etc.
Personally I just see it as a journal now. I enjoy the platform for that. I like the occasional interaction with people that drop in now and again to say hi even though about 90% of my stuff goes unread haha.
It's a healthy way to look at it, and I seem to be in the same boat as you brother.
Blogging has been dead for 20 years "or so I've been told." Except it hasn't. The argument is always that people only want short content.
But if you really want to learn something, or enjoy personal stories, they can't be told in a tweet...
The ghost town we call myspace:
So death is a relative thing, I guess. But your point stands.
I have always been of that view. In 2012 my company was embracing blogging and I was shaking my head thinking they were late to the party as I had retired my own blog some years before.
It won't disappear but in those day and age it will diminish over time. That's why the demographic is so bloody old 😀
how can I feel reassured and insulted at the same time?
LOL
you are correct brother
Honestly Meno, blogging really does feel like an old relic sometimes when I'm doing it, but I think there’ll always be people who enjoy long form thoughts over quick tweets. Even if it’s just a small corner of the internet, it’s still home 😁
we are the new myspace
hahaha yes we are man, 😅😅😅 new Myspace
I think I'm writing for me most of the time, as a kind of journal. I often refer back to previous posts for my own benefit. It's great if others find them enticing and engage and I enjoy that, it enriches the experience, but it's not the primary motive now.
like practicing stoicism. I totally agree
I was blogging years before I came here, but just for fun and I didn't get many readers. I generally get good responses here, so I will keep doing it. The internet has changed with a lot more people using it and many of them want short content. I think we can have all kinds. In some cases I prefer a written article to a video. I read a fair bit generally including actual newspapers and books.
I doubt that blogging will go away on Hive.
it wont ago, because we dinosaurs don't want to leave... but it's going to be a sea of activity, and us here, in our tidepools doing our thing.
The real threat to blogging that we know and love is the tired lazy gen Z and the gen Alpha (will be worse), all this AI bollocks and want it yesterday culture of the said former generations will kill everything that actually asks the fuckers to think for themselves.
'nuff said
Talking to yourself is okay..
yes it is bud
Indeed the "VLOG" has seemingly taken much of the focus away from Blogging as a long form, but there is still a vibrant community in the blogging space, just harder to find. Frankly, I always felt that HIVE would struggle to grow if the "Blog" remained at the central core use of the blockchain simply because other social media platforms had made the shift toward video and short-form content. What is developing is a very healthy mix of everything and I do think the Blog will remain. At least all of us who have been here will always cherish the roots. IYKYK
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I like this... I might quote you one day.