Comments on: Bad Advice from Wired Magazine, “Quit Blogging!”

By: Amrit Ray

Amrit Ray — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 20:13:00 +0000

I wouldn't be so harsh as to say that the guy is dumb to ask bloggers to stop blogging. I think he was just trying to say that it is not so fruitful or meaningful to own a blog as it was 4 years back. I guess he did not choose the right words or put it the right way.

By: It’s Not Always About What You Say but How You Say It

It’s Not Always About What You Say but How You Say It — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 07:04:44 +0000

[...] that wonderful post that Wired Magazine wrote, about how we should all quit blogging? Well, one of the issues that was not addressed was context. If everyone is out there is talking [...]

By: jacobmorgan

jacobmorgan — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 18:08:26 +0000

hey jeremy,

there are different types of blogging yes, but i dont think it's fair to say that personal blogging will die and will shift to business blogging. businesses will use it for business and individuals will use it for their own thoughts.

some of the top blogs out there are personal individual blogs or collections of interesting thoughts and ideas that people put together. building a personal brand is an individual blog, just like this one.

im convinced that the article was just a pure piece of linkbait, i corresponded with seth godin on this and he agrees that the wired article is way off and was just used as a way to get readers and links.

thanks for the comment!

By: jacobmorgan

jacobmorgan — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 18:03:21 +0000

ya i read your comment, i think a lot of people disagree. the post was pure linkbait.

thanks for the comment!

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 03:07:12 +0000

Jacob, I actually think I agree with the Wired article — let me clarify what I think he's talking about in the article. We talked about the article quite a bit at the Ignite office, and I made the point that I think the old form of blogging has gone out the window. Blogging first started as a single person writing down their own thoughts and pushing them out. It wasn't quite a business tool so much as it was a personal tool. I think the personal tool angle is dying (or is at least changing form), and its shifting towards other uses. Blogs will certainly go on, but just for other reasons — namely, exactly what you pointed out: developing brands. Someone like Calacanis already has a brand and doesn't need the help of a blog anymore, but for many of us, and for a lot of major businesses, blogs make A LOT of sense.