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October 18, 2008

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Paul

Why would you want to put your writing behind a "walled garden" such as Facebook, where people are required to sign up, just to "connect"?

Facebook and other social media are at the stage were AOL was many years ago (when it was synonymous with the "Internet" for many users). They will disappear in their current form in years to come.

I like this blog because it's a small community and we all respect each other. If I want more tech talk or a larger audience, I'd look at dxer.ca or the various Yahoo Groups at this point.

Brian (Scooby214)

While I think MySpace and Facebook are here to stay, I don't think they replace blogs. I follow many blogs each day. Some of them, such as engadget.com, are larger than I personally like to leave comments on. Most of the blogs I follow are smaller.

I agree with Paul that using Facebook and the ones like it are a bit of walled gardens. I would've never found your blog if it had been a Facebook account.

jeffrey McMahon

Fair points. A blog fulfills a niche, perhaps a topic the Wired writer failed to address.

Ed

Keeps all the narcissists scribbling in notepads out of the coffee shops.

jeffrey McMahon

I try to keep my narcissism to myself if at all possible.

weatherall

I would argue that Facebook, Flickr, and Twitter are only useful forums for people who:

* have very little to say
* only wish to communicate with their friends
* are only publishing observations and achievements, which contain no knowledge for their readers

jeffrey McMahon

Yeah, I looked into them yesterday briefly and had no interest.

Brian (Scooby214)

A nice thing about most blogs is that I can read them via RSS reader on my cell phone. I can catch up on my blog reading anytime I have a few minutes.

jeffrey McMahon

Man, you're high-tech. I need to catch up with the new Century.

Jesse Menn

Twitter is for extremely short posts. Such as... "I'm going to go play soccer at location x." No long-winded diatribe about team equality, the proper foot technique on long passes, nothing. Flickr USED to be just about photos, but it now includes video. If they start having actual blog content, by which I mean prose/poetry, I'm removing all my content from there and will stop paying for the service. That said, I sold my first five photos because people had found them on Flickr and wanted them for whatever purposes.

jeffrey McMahon

I bloviate too much for short posts. I keep the blog.

Mike W

I'm from the government, and I'm here to help :

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/21/AR2009062101107.html

Jeffrey McMahon

Mike, I shouldn't be shocked that some bloggers are shills for companies.

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