Came up on this article on Wired today which argues that blogs are so...hmm .. 2004. This, just a day (and a rather rainy one) after i was trying to convince narthana that goining to shops and shopping is so 2000 like to escape the weekend shopping.
The arguments are plain and simple. What made blogs attractive is the ability of having personal opinions on issues from people who are independent of the media circles. blogs became extremely popular but the mainstream media soon turned to blogging. When a media firm employes full time bloggers to blog on issues, it is difficult for the part-time, blogging-for-fun armatures to match up to that.
Wired argues that on mediums like Twitter, where one post can contain only 140 words, the twitters (if I can call them that) are in level playing field with the pro's.
The argument looks good first, but I don't see why the media moguls can find some expert twitters who can focus full time and make better twitter trails to beat the armatures.
I agree that maintaining a blog on US election/Financial crisis and beating the big players would be a day dream. But personal blogging is here to stay.Where else can we publish the personal stories and opinions so quick and relay it to the world?. And for aspiring writers like me, where else do we write and get the feedback?.
So Blogging is gonna stay and make me happy. meanwhile shopping out too will stay making the other half's happy !.
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