Is blogging dead?

no.

Well, there's always that whole "intellectual curiosity" thing.

I recommend Racialicious, if you wanna give that a look.

See, I'm kind of retarded, so I never really understood the point of blogging - outside of its usefulness as a source of news.

But the personal blogs? I don't get them. Most folks' lives (Des' notwithstanding, as it is awesome and there is evidence) are actually not that interesting, so it baffles me why and how the internet became awash in dull-as-dishwater personal diaries.

The short answer: because ... well, why not?

Again, not to be flip, but isn't the selling point of the Internet the fact that it's *not* totally centralized? Isn't that what the Net Neutrality effort is trying to avoid?

And no, not every blog can be culturally/socially/whatever incisive and relevant. Who the hell said they have to be? The point is, if somebody wants to communicate their average days out loud to everybody, then the 'Net is there for them. And somebody, *somebody* is going to read it. And enjoy it. And that's how these little connections start.

I mean, shit, what was Consu but a bunch of us posting whatever mundanities we saw fit to? And we liked that just fine.

I have a blog I haven't updated since March. It's not exciting. It's more like snippets of whatever I was doing or feeling at the time. Kind of like twitter only I don't hate it.

There are some really fantastic blogs out there. Although, in general I think I disagree on what "fantastic" means. I find some of the more popular bloggy types on this site and others HORRIDLY drab and boring.

I think there's a big difference between diary blogging and blogging for audience (big or small). Yes, there are millions of diary type blogs and most are super boring unless you actually know the person. And that is who they're usually for - friends and family.

I have a blog because of the why not reason...and also because I like to write every now and then. Truth is, I had outlets for writing while I was in college (school newspapers) but now all I have is this blog. I wouldn't say the quality is as good as I would like it all the time, but it's something.

I don't tend to see the point in keeping up if no-one's reading. I used to be a keen blogger and was part of a great little group who'd all read and comment on each others blogs making for a vibrant and friendly little scene. As people have got busier with other things and dissipated it seems to have died out a bit now though which is a big shame.

It doesn't help that Facebook, with it's predominence of worthless timewasting bullshit activities is so popular. Creativity and considered expression/communication seem to be dwindling in the quickfire world of web 2.0

No, but twitter and youtube keep knifing it.