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Once again, someone declares that twitter killed blogging..but they do it on their blog. Please try to explain why twitter has killed blogging in under 140 cha

• jseliger 17y ago
  Seriously. I wrote this comment, which (unfortunately), verges on feeding the trolls: I'm skeptical of the (provocative) title: individuals will blog to the extent they want to, as they always have, and those with something to say will find a way to say it. As for "professional" blogging, I think to a large extent it's a myth, as I described in <a href="http://blog.seliger.com/2009/06/17/youre-not-going-to-be-a-pro/>Youre http://blog.seliger.com/2009/06/17/youre-not-going-to-be-a-p... not going to a be professional blogger, no matter what the WSJ tells you</a>. When people tell you a medium has died, it usually means that medium has matured, at least somewhat, but the idea of being able to speak to anyone, anywhere, anytime, anyhow (as long as the receiver cares to listen) is going to stay, probably in some form that resembles blogging. "blog reader-program development has ceased" Shoot: <a href="http://www.macworld.com/article/142407/2009/08/gruml.html>someone http://www.macworld.com/article/142407/2009/08/gruml.html&#6... forgot to tell the developers of Gruml and Byline</a>. Alternatively, someone isn't paying much attention. Regarding Twitter, I like the comment in <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/17/why-i-dont-use-twitter/>Why http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/08/17/why-i-dont-use-twitter/... I don’t use Twitter</a>: “What can be said in 140 characters is either trivial or abridged; in the first case it would be better not to say it at all, and in the second case it would be better to give it the space it deserves.”