Blogging: Dead for some, Alive for others

Blogging has arguably been in the decline these past few years. According to Jason Kottke in “The Blog Is Dead, Long Live the Blog,” blogging took off in 1997 and after years of nurturing, it flourished in 2004. Being passionate about a subject and blogging about it was a trend back then. However, this is no longer the case. Kottke pointed out that “instead of blogging, people are posting to Tumblr, tweeting, pinning things to their board … and publishing on Medium.”

Being born in the early 90’s, I didn’t really have full access to the internet until after blogging became relevant. Since I didn’t get to experience the blog’s transformation, it was never an outlet of information that I sought out. However, I believe that blogging is not dead; I just think that like many components of the digital era, blogging has transformed.

In social media platforms, similar to blogs, people express their opinions, share their likings, and inform others of recent findings. Some social media platforms allow users more space for dialogue. Facebook, for example, lets people share whatever information they want, publicly or privately; as opposed to Snapchat, that gives users a limited space to share information to other users.

Nonetheless, the art of sharing thoughts and opinions publicly is not dead, it has simply taken another form. Furthermore, we must not mourn the death of the blog, but celebrate its rebirth. Better yet, its new look after undergoing years of plastic surgery.

Work

Kottke, Jason. “The Blog Is Dead, Long Live the Blog.” Nieman Lab. Harvard College, 19 Dec. 2013. Web. 23 Nov. 2015. http://www.niemanlab.org/2013/12/the-blog-is-dead/