An article in The Economist’s November 6, entitled "Oh, grow up," pointed out how they entered the main blog and explore the positive and negative aspects of this. The article was prompted by the "retirement" of A-list blogger Jason Calacanis, who complained that "blogs have become too big, too impersonal, and currently lacks the intimacy that drew me to it." In the article pointed out, this is probably typical of all media, as more and more common, the transition for its pioneers as "suspiciously like death." Music lovers will have experienced a similar phenomenon – the fans are a great new band, when for the first time out, sit down in some way the band should be a commercial success. Early adopters like to be starting trends, not following them.
May blogs have become the key to many of the most popular blogs operated by publishers and broadcasters, and only barely disguised promotional blogs now, but it is an exaggeration to say that has become the tool for the masses: the daily use of blogs for people to communicate with friends and family has been largely replaced by social networking. Blog of people who are making a regular commitment and is likely to have either a professional in the justification of this effort, or a strong desire (and ability) to communicate. The reality is that these people will represent a small minority, probably in the region of 1% of the population, as predicted by the 90-9-1 rule.
The hard core of regular bloggers have to be tough. Calacanis is the pressure to remain in use A-list (which, although I’m much farther down the alphabet, is a reason they are not in the statistics of my readers). We also liked the tone of some blogs: "Today the blogosphere is so charged, so polarized, and so full of hate haters that are simply not worth it." It is probably not the case with edublogging, but there are times!
The article goes on to suggest that "the past is the way that blogging as a revolutionary technology, subversive or otherwise exalted, which upsets some of its pioneers." This may be the case, in which case that seeking more excitement could turn to new media, perhaps Twitter. As for me, I do not mind if the blog is not as sexy as it might once have been, incorporated or not, is to provide a useful resource for readers, and wonderful for the writers.
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