By c-emmons -

 

Recently, blogs have been suffering a lot of scrutiny in the eyes of web surfers everywhere.  With the addition of such multimedia sites as Facebook, Twitter and Flickr, it seems like the “old-fashioned” way to reach out to a mass of people has become a thing of the past.  However, is succumbing to these generational obsessions the best way to voice opinions?  With all of the new ways to get your voice heard lets not forget how it all started.

The reason why people are so drawn to these new systems is due to their ease.  What was once time and effort spent to generate a blog is now the brevity of Twitter (which allows you only 140 characters per post).  Don’t get me wrong these tools are extremely useful in many marketing and social aspects, but do we need to completely rid ourselves of the intimacy that blogging brings?  You could argue that there is not much intimacy left in the world of blogging and you would be correct.  Many of the average joes have been overshadowed by larger bloggers who have turned it into a business.  Personally, I’m going to keep blogging.   If you want insightful text about specific issues, look for it.  Digging deeper into the web instead of simply scratching the surface is a great way to bring blogging back.