Comments on: Has Twitter Saved Blogging? Not a Chance http://www.markevanstech.com/2008/11/02/has-twitter-saved-blogging-not-a-chance/ Insight and Analysis from North of the Border Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:13:22 +0000 hourly 1 By: Mark Dykeman http://www.markevanstech.com/2008/11/02/has-twitter-saved-blogging-not-a-chance/comment-page-1/#comment-130203 Mark Dykeman Sun, 02 Nov 2008 12:54:35 +0000 http://www.markevanstech.com/?p=4201#comment-130203 IMHO, Twitter, and social bookmarking, has usurped the original intent of blogging: sharing quick posts, ideas, and, above all, links to other content. Somewhere along the way people decided to use the blogging platform to publish longer works, personal journals, and, of course, make money. Technically, I don't think Twitter has saved blogging - it's stolen a lot of the original purpose of blogging (i.e. web logging). However, it's certainly given bloggers a lot to talk about. IMHO, Twitter, and social bookmarking, has usurped the original intent of blogging: sharing quick posts, ideas, and, above all, links to other content. Somewhere along the way people decided to use the blogging platform to publish longer works, personal journals, and, of course, make money.

Technically, I don’t think Twitter has saved blogging – it’s stolen a lot of the original purpose of blogging (i.e. web logging). However, it’s certainly given bloggers a lot to talk about.

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