> I'm just as tired of "X isn't dead" posts that take the phrase too literally. I think the main irritation from the side that's tired of premature "X is dead"

> I'm just as tired of "X isn't dead" posts that take the phrase too literally. I think the main irritation from the side that's tired of premature "X is dead" posts is that one feels that voicing such things hastens its true death. "X isn't dead" posts are to counterbalance. I don't know what the prevalent interpretation of "is dead" is, but I would consider it to be when something can't easily be found in existence. I don't think things are dead simply because they're no longer on CNN. If we're to keep the metaphor, blogging is no longer in its prime years. It's more like in its middle-age, and being middle-aged is not being dead.