As much as blogging seems and is so much fun and holds within it's practice a general entertaining spirit, it is a demanding pasttime. Why is it that most people can't keep their blogs afloat? Why do so many Megs of useless internet space exist only occupied by dead and fainting pages of some persons penned thoughts of days ago.
It is no newly emerging issue that Blogs "go to pot", this article briefly details the truth of the ever failing attemtps of people to press into the literary fold on the net. Published in 2003 on CNN.com it stands as an ironic testimony of the thousands of hundreds of bits on information that linger in cyberspace... for months and even years. In conclusion this article uncovers the three main influencing factors to the demise of any blog.
The first issue is the loss of 'novelty'. It is indeed a "neat" or "special" kind of experience to be capable of placing your thoughts on a medium that is passed before the eyes of millions in a matter of seconds. But unless a blogger understands that this novelty is available to millions also, her/she will soon lose interest and faint in light of billions of other blogs, and usually more interesting ones.
The Second issue is Content. Without belaboring the lessons we've all had drilled into our minds from College level Enlgish Comp. ; we all know boring material from interesting. Yet on the net even 'boring material' can find a home, or an audience atleast. This website for instance has indeed found a 'cultish' following, even though I'm still not sure what the direction of it is. This just goes to show that even though dropping content on the net is easy, you never know what will be truly interesting. And that is what makes this issue the most common villian of weblog abandonment. After all, it's far easier to just walk away from a blog than it is to try and save it.
The Third issue is time consumption. Blogging is time consuming. If this is the first time you've heard this, then you're diluted. Why is it that everyone (for the most part) finds writing difficult? Is it because we can all bang-out a fifty-two-hundred page dissertation in an hour? Certainly not. Blogging is writing. And Writing requires time. And most persons don't have much time to spare...
Hence the development of the myriad 'blog sites':
Well you get the idea. In an effort to help the public streamline and 'stupify' blogging companies abound, and are even making money off assisting people to create blogs, that will most likely fail.
So who cares!?! And why have I wasted my time even considering this scenario? Have I something to offer? No. Actually I don't. I will continue to struggle to post and maintain my blog; along side the rest of the blogs in the world.
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