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“Blog” Must Go!

June 21st, 2007 Posted in Blogs

I’m not a big believer in surveys but there’s definitely something to a recent one conducted by YouGov that found that “blogosphere”, “blog”, “netiquette”, “cookie” and “wiki” were among the most irritating words within the Web.

As much as blogs put food on my family’s table, “blog” is a word that I have mixed emotions about. To be honest, I’d be very happy if “blog” disappeared - and you can take “ecosystem” and “paradigm shift” with it. There has to be a better word than “blog” to describe a communications medium that is so exciting, alive and dynamic. Blog sounds like how you feel after drinking too much, spend too much time stuck in traffic, or not getting enough sleep. :)

When you’re at a party and people ask what you do in your spare time, wouldn’t it be great to use a word other than blog? So what would you call a blog other than a blog?

6 Responses to ““Blog” Must Go!”

  1. Jim Courtney Says:

    (Paraphrasing “New Coke”) Bring back the original “weblog”. Wasn’t “blog” just a lazy person’s shortening of weblog? (At least it did not deteriorate to some mindless ancronym!)


  2. Mark Evans Says:

    I agree Weblog is better than blog. :)


  3. Magnus Says:

    Blogosphere and synergy two words that make my skin crawl. Why is the mainstream so hung up on buzz words..


  4. Nathan Says:

    well, not to be too much of a dork, but how about latin?

    augeovox- from augeo- to enlarge, enrich vox-voice
    or
    ampliovox- obviouly, to amplify the voice

    come to think of it, I doubt either of those would be very popular, because they seem kind of klunky next to something as simple as blog.

    As much as we hate it, I think blog is here to stay (at least for a while), it’s very well entrenched in the language (blogging, blogged, blogger, vlog, photolog, etc)


  5. jayvee f. Says:

    i would say “im in the online publishing industry” :D


  6. Sebastien Provencher Says:

    I’ve always felt that pro blogs were like Web magazines. Or vertical media. Or specialized publications. Not sexy words you’ll say, but closer to what people use in the offline world. I’ve always believed that you get better mainstream user adoption if you bridge the offline and the online.


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