...and when I post on Facebook, I have a much better chance that one or more of my 200-plus friends will comment. I love that. I like getting a conversation going.
So, that's also a big part of why I blog less and Facebook-post more (as I wrote about the other day). Facebook is like blogging on speed. I like the limitations of those little boxes because they force me to edit so carefully. And I love the dialogue that at least sometimes occurs on Facebook.
Back in my blogging "heyday", when I would say blogging was more popular and not as divided into mega-blogging mommies who are making a living off of blogging and get most of the readership--and the rest of us more normal folks--there were many more comments on my blog. In fact, bloggers live/lived by an unwritten code of ethics that states, "don't just lurk, comment already!" In order to get readers to our blogs, we commented on other people's blogs. Or even if we didn't care so much about getting readers of our own, we were forming communities so the comment dialogue was important to us. These communities generally consisted of like-minded individuals who wrote about their days and their cool pursuits (for example, I would say that the urban farming movement began with bloggers!), and we found others who were interested in doing similar things. It was very cool and fun and inspirational.
Facebook has, in most ways, become party and host to those communities now. Many of my favorite Facebook friends and commenters are people I know online only, and mostly through blogs. My family is a part of my Facebook community too, and they NEVER commented on my blog posts. Not all of my friends on Facebook are of like mind, that's for sure, so the community takes on quite a new dimension because of that. And sometimes, Facebook friends of friends become friends (got that?), which is another cool thing. I even have a Facebook friend who friended me because we share the same name, Lisa Zahn, if you can believe it!
But as great and time-consuming as Facebook is, I still keep this blog. I sometimes miss blogging and its slower, more leisurely and lengthy pace.
What do you think is the state of blogging today and has it changed as much as I think? (I dare you to post a comment about it!)
So, that's also a big part of why I blog less and Facebook-post more (as I wrote about the other day). Facebook is like blogging on speed. I like the limitations of those little boxes because they force me to edit so carefully. And I love the dialogue that at least sometimes occurs on Facebook.
Back in my blogging "heyday", when I would say blogging was more popular and not as divided into mega-blogging mommies who are making a living off of blogging and get most of the readership--and the rest of us more normal folks--there were many more comments on my blog. In fact, bloggers live/lived by an unwritten code of ethics that states, "don't just lurk, comment already!" In order to get readers to our blogs, we commented on other people's blogs. Or even if we didn't care so much about getting readers of our own, we were forming communities so the comment dialogue was important to us. These communities generally consisted of like-minded individuals who wrote about their days and their cool pursuits (for example, I would say that the urban farming movement began with bloggers!), and we found others who were interested in doing similar things. It was very cool and fun and inspirational.
Facebook has, in most ways, become party and host to those communities now. Many of my favorite Facebook friends and commenters are people I know online only, and mostly through blogs. My family is a part of my Facebook community too, and they NEVER commented on my blog posts. Not all of my friends on Facebook are of like mind, that's for sure, so the community takes on quite a new dimension because of that. And sometimes, Facebook friends of friends become friends (got that?), which is another cool thing. I even have a Facebook friend who friended me because we share the same name, Lisa Zahn, if you can believe it!
But as great and time-consuming as Facebook is, I still keep this blog. I sometimes miss blogging and its slower, more leisurely and lengthy pace.
What do you think is the state of blogging today and has it changed as much as I think? (I dare you to post a comment about it!)
Comments
Holistic and simple blogs appeal to me.
Whether I'll return to this blog? I'll leave you to guess that!
Jan