I joined the blogging craze with a bunch of people from a former church a few years ago. But now it seems that the blog craze, in this particular group at least, is on the decline. Not many still regularly update or add to their blog. While this is disappointing it is not overly surprising.
Blogging was a new thing and like most new things people want to try it out. I guess it just didn’t fit with many people’s lives, fair enough. It was exciting in the beginning with everything to blog about and so many features to play with. But then the reality hits and the excitement disappears.
The reality is that blogs need maintenance. No one likes to visit a blog that hasn’t been updated in months. Otherwise people become disinterested very quickly. We all have busy lives and because the blog was the last addition it usually becomes the first extraction.
Maybe people misinterpreted the purpose of a blog. Finding a purpose can provide the driving force behind keeping the blog fresh. If there was no purpose or a very weak one then perhaps it was doomed to fail anyway.
Blogging was a new thing and like most new things people want to try it out. I guess it just didn’t fit with many people’s lives, fair enough. It was exciting in the beginning with everything to blog about and so many features to play with. But then the reality hits and the excitement disappears.
The reality is that blogs need maintenance. No one likes to visit a blog that hasn’t been updated in months. Otherwise people become disinterested very quickly. We all have busy lives and because the blog was the last addition it usually becomes the first extraction.
Maybe people misinterpreted the purpose of a blog. Finding a purpose can provide the driving force behind keeping the blog fresh. If there was no purpose or a very weak one then perhaps it was doomed to fail anyway.
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment