I’m not even going dip a toe in the is Jason Calacanis really retiring from blogging or not debate but his “announcement” did make me wonder whether blogs and/or bloggers have expiry dates.
Does there come a time, for example, when a blogger simply decides enough is enough after writing hundreds or thousands of posts? Do they wake up one morning, and just not do it any more? Do they think about it for awhile or is it just a snap decision.
As someone who enjoys writing and blogging, it’s difficult to personally envision this scenario but many variables (personal, professional) can make blogging impossible or just not worth it. A good example is Daniel Lyons, who just walked away from the Fake Steve Jobs.
There are times when I do wonder what keeps the A-list bloggers going. Many of them have been pumping it out for a long time; generating multiple posts day in day out. Writing one post a day can be a grind, let alone several posts! For some, the money is motivation but what about all those people making little or no money. What keeps them writing every day?
The other scenario that’s interesting is when a blog is no longer relevant. A blog about a particular company or person can lose its mojo. For example, a slew of Facebook-focused blogs emerged last year when Facebook was all the rage. Today, Facebook isn’t nearly has interesting so the need for all those blogs has evaporated.
For people write those kind of blogs, I would think that shutting them down must be easier because you can tell when the appetite (aka traffic, interest) for them is no longer there. Even so, it must be difficult to realize the blog has expired.
So, what do you think? Do blogs/bloggers have a “best until” date?
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Do Blogs/Bloggers Have Expiry Dates?
I’m not even going dip a toe in the is Jason Calacanis really retiring from blogging or not debate but his “announcement” did make me wonder whether blogs and/or bloggers have expiry dates.
Does there come a time, for example, when a blogger simply decides enough is enough after writing hundreds or thousands of posts? Do they wake up one morning, and just not do it any more? Do they think about it for awhile or is it just a snap decision.
As someone who enjoys writing and blogging, it’s difficult to personally envision this scenario but many variables (personal, professional) can make blogging impossible or just not worth it. A good example is Daniel Lyons, who just walked away from the Fake Steve Jobs.
There are times when I do wonder what keeps the A-list bloggers going. Many of them have been pumping it out for a long time; generating multiple posts day in day out. Writing one post a day can be a grind, let alone several posts! For some, the money is motivation but what about all those people making little or no money. What keeps them writing every day?
The other scenario that’s interesting is when a blog is no longer relevant. A blog about a particular company or person can lose its mojo. For example, a slew of Facebook-focused blogs emerged last year when Facebook was all the rage. Today, Facebook isn’t nearly has interesting so the need for all those blogs has evaporated.
For people write those kind of blogs, I would think that shutting them down must be easier because you can tell when the appetite (aka traffic, interest) for them is no longer there. Even so, it must be difficult to realize the blog has expired.
So, what do you think? Do blogs/bloggers have a “best until” date?
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