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This walled garden isn't working! Quick, let's get back to the last one! Seriously though, blogs and RSS - communication on the internet has been solved. It ju
by bopbop 8y ago
This walled garden isn't working! Quick, let's get back to the last one!
Seriously though, blogs and RSS - communication on the internet has been solved. It just doesn't seem to be easily monetizable, so a big commercial entity isn't pushing it.
This is quite interesting though:
"Everyone I knew aged out of it, lost interest in chronicling their personal lives <b> or got jobs writing the kinds of blogs they used to write for free." </b>
So does this mean there is money out there for the kind of tumblr/blog weirdness people like to read?
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- adventured 8y ago> So does this mean there is money out there for the kind of tumblr/blog weirdness people like to read? Sort of, if you've got the rare personality that can turn a blog into a form of entertainment. Along with the unrelenting dedication to do it in a rote fashion week after week for years. Once the audience latches on, you're not allowed to take a long hiatus or change what you do. Dooce (dooce.com) comes to mind, her blog had very primitive beginnings prior to growing into a serious monetized traffic destination for a time. I like to call them Howard Stern personalities, people that are gifted entertainers. You may not like their brand of content or personality (I don't care for people like Stern and Glenn Beck for example), but they've got the magic sauce for some audience base. I spent a lot of time in the early blogosphere, circa 1998-2004 or so. Something that was amazing to observe, was how many very talented personalities were unable to break through to that ultimate next level of popularity. They seemingly had everything it required (whether wit, charm, skilled story telling, et al.) and still couldn't get there. The world has a lot of brilliant people that never break through for any number of countless reasons.
- codingdave 8y ago> It just doesn't seem to be easily monetizable, so a big commercial entity isn't pushing it. The existence of Wordpress would argue otherwise.
- bopbop 8y agoIsn't wordpress more the technology? Or do you mean otherwise? Who would you see as pushing it? Or do you mean it's monetizable? It's definitely an excellent piece of software.