I came across the essay in Wired magazine entitled “Twitter, Flickr, Facebook Make Blogs Look So 2004″ through a higher ed blog.  Wired makes the case that blogs were initially effective because amateur writers’ voices were heard, while now posts never make the top page of a Google search.  Now the space is crowded with multimedia and with professionals like Huffington Post.

What I’ve found about blogging (in three short months) is that within your community, your posts and the discussions still matter, clearly due to shared interests. There is a tangible community of bloggers in the higher ed community that still read and debate and learn new things from each other.  Maybe higher ed is a little slow on the draw since many are just now adopting blogs (ahem, Stein). I know I have been a regular Facebook user since 2004 and am just now in 2008 coming around to the blogosphere.  My reaction was confirmed by the comments at the end of Andrew Careaga’s post about the Wired article, all who doubt Wired’s announcement of blogs’ pending expiration date. I got a kick out of the comment that we have to consider the source of this: Wired is a printed magazine found at newsstands and in mailboxes. Remember them?

This entry was posted on Friday, October 24th, 2008 at 4:40 pm and is filed under Social Media, Trends.