The Crash of 2008
Posted by Terry Nelson on Oct 10th, 2008
Expiration dates for blogs.
Posted by Terry Nelson on Oct 10th, 2008
Several people seem to be quitting.
I think Gerald of the ol’ Cafeteria has finally dropped out completely. Looks like Crescat has too. (I won’t bother linking to them because there is nothing to link to. Oops! Crescat is still there!) I know Luminous Miseries has closed, along with several others. Regular long-term bloggers have cut way back on their posts as well. Some people have quit because they have returned to their old way of life - which wasn’t all that Catholic. Others because they are probably just burned out.
I once did a post on how I think blogs are like sitcoms - I said they should have short-runs to be effective - no more than a few seasons - otherwise the writing suffers. (None of the blogs I mentioned or those in my blogroll of course!) I also think the average person who writes a personal blog writes just about all they know in a two to three year time frame, after that, they start becoming redundant. If it is a current events and personal opinion blog, that too can get a little predictable and tired after awhile.
Now all of the above may apply to me - although strangely enough, I still think I have something left to say - so perhaps I may have some relevancy left. That said - I’ve pretty much alienated most of my readers anyway - so who would notice if I stopped.
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I did a post like this last year and I’m still blogging… and laughing.
