Comments on: Business is Ruining Online Writing

By: hb2

hb2 — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:50:27 +0000

I don’t really care all that much if there are ads on a site. I don’t click on them anyways.
I think the concern I have is more related to finding people who still write (blog)that aren’t just trying to sell me the secret to making money online.

When I blogged before people either blogged, emailed or IM’d people outside their immediate circle of friends/family.

Now, there is Twitter, Facebook, and based on the buttons on the top of my theme over 100 other social media sites to chose from.

Finding the type of content I am looking for has just become harder..

By: Laura

Laura — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:35:32 +0000

I’m taking a bit of a break from the personal blogging. Not that I was burnt out but I’m enjoying being my own publisher with a niche blog. It isn’t rolling in cash but I’m trying new things and I always like that.

I do think there is a lot of business and marketing in blogging now. But, I think it will wear off when they find something else that works for them. Once they do, blogging will be forgotten. Kind of like ASCII art, once the marketing – get rick quick types can’t use it to make a buck they leave the ruins behind to sink or swim. Some things have sunk but a very few have kept going, even morphed into something more interesting.

Tonight I am sleepy from a children’s birthday party. Children go well with cake, should you wonder. But I am waiting for a new friend on Yahoo Messenger. There is an example of something which survived the marketing gurus and kept going, online chat.

Anyway, Happy Monday.

By: skyetrueheart

skyetrueheart — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:55:33 +0000

I’m sure it’s out there. Not that I’ve tried finding it. Well, other than your site(s) and a few others I used to follow closely. But you’re right, some of them sold out, and even if they write something personal, it’s with a hidden sales pitch underneath. I even wrote to one of my old blog friends and told them why I wasn’t going to be visiting their site anymore for just that reason. I have a few friends, though, who still know how to craft a well-written story/post, one who I think you might actually enjoy, but I’d have to send you the link via email.

Maybe you should start a campaign to win back true bloggers.