Comments on: The Death of Blogs? Let’s Not Be Melodramatic. http://www.goodwordediting.com/the-death-of-blogs-lets-not-be-melodramatic/243/ Good words is about editing, writing, faith, and work... and especially poetry because I like poetry. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:47:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: real live preacher http://www.goodwordediting.com/the-death-of-blogs-lets-not-be-melodramatic/243/comment-page-1/#comment-2415 real live preacher Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:00:57 +0000 http://www.goodwordediting.com/?p=243#comment-2415 I think what we're really seeing is the death of pontificating in major publications. People don't trust these kinds of things anymore. So you have to be more and more extreme in what you write. I don't think anyone's listening. And there will be no accountability when it turns out to be wrong, and it will. I think what we’re really seeing is the death of pontificating in major publications. People don’t trust these kinds of things anymore. So you have to be more and more extreme in what you write. I don’t think anyone’s listening. And there will be no accountability when it turns out to be wrong, and it will.

]]> By: Susan http://www.goodwordediting.com/the-death-of-blogs-lets-not-be-melodramatic/243/comment-page-1/#comment-2390 Susan Sat, 06 Oct 2007 21:16:03 +0000 http://www.goodwordediting.com/?p=243#comment-2390 I think that I also feel compelled - just not as often as you - to blog. Not really sure why but since it wells up in me like an itch that needs to be scratched, and I have prayed about it - I'm assuming that's the Holy Spirit - although what He is doing and why He would do it through a blog is beyond me! I think that I also feel compelled – just not as often as you – to blog. Not really sure why but since it wells up in me like an itch that needs to be scratched, and I have prayed about it – I’m assuming that’s the Holy Spirit – although what He is doing and why He would do it through a blog is beyond me!

]]> By: Rebecca LuElla Miller http://www.goodwordediting.com/the-death-of-blogs-lets-not-be-melodramatic/243/comment-page-1/#comment-2386 Rebecca LuElla Miller Fri, 05 Oct 2007 19:20:31 +0000 http://www.goodwordediting.com/?p=243#comment-2386 Mark, this is interesting in light of what I've been ... well, blogging about the last couple days. The real focus is on writers building a platform but it came out of an article about blogging addiction. (Hmmm, did you just say you feel <i>compelled</i> to post??) Interestingly, I've found blogging (and discussion boards) to be VERY thought-provoking. I've exchanged ideas with people I would never have had the opportunity to talk to in face-to-face life. In some cases, those "conversations" have gone a long way to forming my opinion about what I believe to be true about Christian fiction, art, theology. If nothing else, what others say challenge my ideas, so I either have to understand them and undergird them or I have to abandon them. I do think creating a community helps. Lots of times I get post material from someone's response to what I've written. I think people might "dry up" as bloggers, but I suspect they are a) not getting feedback; b) receiving only atta-boy feedback; or c) not reading challenging posts from other bloggers. Becky Mark, this is interesting in light of what I’ve been … well, blogging about the last couple days. The real focus is on writers building a platform but it came out of an article about blogging addiction. (Hmmm, did you just say you feel compelled to post??)

Interestingly, I’ve found blogging (and discussion boards) to be VERY thought-provoking. I’ve exchanged ideas with people I would never have had the opportunity to talk to in face-to-face life. In some cases, those “conversations” have gone a long way to forming my opinion about what I believe to be true about Christian fiction, art, theology.

If nothing else, what others say challenge my ideas, so I either have to understand them and undergird them or I have to abandon them.

I do think creating a community helps. Lots of times I get post material from someone’s response to what I’ve written.

I think people might “dry up” as bloggers, but I suspect they are a) not getting feedback; b) receiving only atta-boy feedback; or c) not reading challenging posts from other bloggers.

Becky

]]> By: Marcus http://www.goodwordediting.com/the-death-of-blogs-lets-not-be-melodramatic/243/comment-page-1/#comment-2385 Marcus Fri, 05 Oct 2007 15:09:04 +0000 http://www.goodwordediting.com/?p=243#comment-2385 <b>spaghettipie</b>, I agree completely. The weird thing is when I don't understand why I feel <i>compelled</i> to keep posting. I just do. So I post. spaghettipie, I agree completely. The weird thing is when I don’t understand why I feel compelled to keep posting. I just do. So I post.

]]> By: spaghettipie http://www.goodwordediting.com/the-death-of-blogs-lets-not-be-melodramatic/243/comment-page-1/#comment-2384 spaghettipie Fri, 05 Oct 2007 03:25:53 +0000 http://www.goodwordediting.com/?p=243#comment-2384 Interesting article and post, Marcus. Timely, too, as I was just talking with a friend about his blog and the difficulty he's been having with consistently posting. (He asked me to hold him accountable to posting weekly). The conversation ended with me asking him the reason he wanted to blog. Without having a compelling (to him) purpose, I said, I didn't see why he would be motivated to post. I think in the end that determines whether your blog lives or dies. Interesting article and post, Marcus. Timely, too, as I was just talking with a friend about his blog and the difficulty he’s been having with consistently posting. (He asked me to hold him accountable to posting weekly). The conversation ended with me asking him the reason he wanted to blog. Without having a compelling (to him) purpose, I said, I didn’t see why he would be motivated to post. I think in the end that determines whether your blog lives or dies.

]]> By: Marcus http://www.goodwordediting.com/the-death-of-blogs-lets-not-be-melodramatic/243/comment-page-1/#comment-2382 Marcus Thu, 04 Oct 2007 20:38:45 +0000 http://www.goodwordediting.com/?p=243#comment-2382 Here's Ted's <a href="http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/features/opinion/columns/tedolsen/" rel="nofollow">official bio</a> at Tidings: <i>Ted Olsen is news director and online managing editor of Christianity Today. He has been writing the magazine's online Weblog—a collection of news and opinion articles from mainstream news sources around the world—since 1999. In 2004, the paper version of the magazine launched Weblog in Print, which looks for unexpected connections and trends in articles appearing in the mainstream press. The column was renamed "Tidings" in mid-2006 and now runs monthly.</i> In the meantime, Ted still contributes sometimes to what they now call CTliveblog. Here's <a href="http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ctliveblog/archives/2007/09/some_blogs_i_li.html" rel="nofollow">his latest post there</a>. Here’s Ted’s official bio at Tidings:
Ted Olsen is news director and online managing editor of Christianity Today. He has been writing the magazine’s online Weblog—a collection of news and opinion articles from mainstream news sources around the world—since 1999. In 2004, the paper version of the magazine launched Weblog in Print, which looks for unexpected connections and trends in articles appearing in the mainstream press. The column was renamed “Tidings” in mid-2006 and now runs monthly.

In the meantime, Ted still contributes sometimes to what they now call CTliveblog. Here’s his latest post there.

]]> By: L.L. Barkat http://www.goodwordediting.com/the-death-of-blogs-lets-not-be-melodramatic/243/comment-page-1/#comment-2381 L.L. Barkat Thu, 04 Oct 2007 13:05:07 +0000 http://www.goodwordediting.com/?p=243#comment-2381 Oops. Open mouth, insert bloggy foot. Now, tell me where he sort of blogs. I'm curious to know more. Oops. Open mouth, insert bloggy foot. Now, tell me where he sort of blogs. I’m curious to know more.

]]> By: Marcus http://www.goodwordediting.com/the-death-of-blogs-lets-not-be-melodramatic/243/comment-page-1/#comment-2378 Marcus Thu, 04 Oct 2007 03:05:25 +0000 http://www.goodwordediting.com/?p=243#comment-2378 <b>Craver</b>, I think traditional publishers feel especially threatened by bloggers. I don't think they really are, they're just maybe having a confidence problem that blogs are going to supplant books and culture. <b>L.L.</b>, Olsen is actually a blogger himself. Sort of. He's a good guy, but his experience with blogging is quite a bit different from most. Not community based in the same way. <b>Jenn</b>, people like to be prophets of doom, you know? I wouldn't be too hard on the anti-bloggers. It still feels like the wild west out here. On my bad days, I can be a blog-cynic too. : ) Craver, I think traditional publishers feel especially threatened by bloggers. I don’t think they really are, they’re just maybe having a confidence problem that blogs are going to supplant books and culture.

L.L., Olsen is actually a blogger himself. Sort of. He’s a good guy, but his experience with blogging is quite a bit different from most. Not community based in the same way.

Jenn, people like to be prophets of doom, you know? I wouldn’t be too hard on the anti-bloggers. It still feels like the wild west out here. On my bad days, I can be a blog-cynic too. : )

]]> By: Jenn http://www.goodwordediting.com/the-death-of-blogs-lets-not-be-melodramatic/243/comment-page-1/#comment-2377 Jenn Thu, 04 Oct 2007 00:05:12 +0000 http://www.goodwordediting.com/?p=243#comment-2377 Yeah, why would non-bloggers talk about blogging anyway? Sheesh. (Not really as disgruntled as I sound.) But I am dismayed to hear that Dr. Jacobs (of my alma mater) is such a blog-cynic. Yeah, why would non-bloggers talk about blogging anyway? Sheesh. (Not really as disgruntled as I sound.)

But I am dismayed to hear that Dr. Jacobs (of my alma mater) is such a blog-cynic.

]]> By: L.L. Barkat http://www.goodwordediting.com/the-death-of-blogs-lets-not-be-melodramatic/243/comment-page-1/#comment-2376 L.L. Barkat Wed, 03 Oct 2007 19:20:02 +0000 http://www.goodwordediting.com/?p=243#comment-2376 Just got the news. It's up! And so is my companion post: "Blogging is a Waste of Time." Just got the news. It’s up! And so is my companion post: “Blogging is a Waste of Time.”

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