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By: Confessions of a Geeky Mama » Blog Archive » Facebook vs. Personal Blogging

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 13:55:20 +0000

[...] I was reading a post about the possibility of Facebook killing personal blogging. I’ve never really been a big social network person, and most of my friends are either on [...]

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Links Roundup August 13th 2007 — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 21:13:15 +0000

[...] Is Facebook killing personal blogging? – Andy Merrett talks about how the popularity of Facebook is hurting other blogging mediums. [...]

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Confessions of a Geeky Mama : Blog Archive : Facebook vs. Personal Blogging — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 01:30:41 +0000

[...] pm tags:blogging, facebook, social networkingSo, I was reading a post about the possibility of Facebook killing personal blogging. I’ve never really been a big social network person, and most of my friends are either on [...]

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RickMahn.com » Blog Archive » links for 2007-08-10 — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 12:24:41 +0000

[...] Is Facebook killing personal blogging? : The Blog Herald While some (”high profile”) bloggers see Facebook as the second coming of the blogging revolution, many see it as simply a child’s toy to waste productive time. (tags: facebook blogging,) [...]

By: letters

letters — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 05:53:45 +0000

I think there’s room for both. On Facebook you can update the world with your latest earth-shattering news (off to school, home from the doctor, etc) while those of us who like to think for at least 15 minutes before posting will keep on blogging.

By: Darnell Clayton

Darnell Clayton — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 01:23:23 +0000

You know, you could always hook up your blog onto your facebook account.

That way, you get the best of both worlds!

By: Charlie

Charlie — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 00:27:51 +0000

I’d agree that it’s killing ‘personal’ blogging of some forms. I think anyone who has something substantial to say about life wasn’t going to say it on Facebook or Twitter in the first place. In my opinion, the only thing Facebook’s killed are blogs that were filled with pointless, meaningless little snippets of someone’s life. If it’s truly a diary, then keep it private. Most people don’t find reading about the boring daily routine terribly exciting.

I’ll admit, my blog started off as one of those, but I’ve since moved on when I realized no one wanted to read that sort of thing, not even me. If that genre of ‘blogging’ has moved on to Facebook, so be it. I stopped going to that site months ago as well.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 23:51:29 +0000

What blogging gives its readership that Facebook doesn’t is a wealth of ways to view and subscribe to its content, as well as a much larger readership (via search engines) than someone’s friendlist or group membership.

Then again, if you’re writing a blog with very low traffic, a Facebook group is a big step upwards.

By: David Kierznowski

David Kierznowski — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 22:48:27 +0000

Its a wierd coincidence, Sarah Turner just started a group of articles around Facebook and others and privacy concerns on BlogSecurity. I don’t know about everyone else, but social networks freak me out.

By: going like sixty

going like sixty — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 21:33:04 +0000

Good riddance.