Perhaps it’s because I have the maturity of a teenager

Posted by Jul on 4 February 2010

Blogging loses appeal for US teenagers, says survey

Does this explain my lack of interest in blogging recently? Although I do have the shortest attention span in the world, I haven’t exactly felt the need to switch my online activity to Twitter. I do have a Twitter account, though, in case I ever get the urge. Mostly I have it so I can follow a couple friends. So far Twitter seems a lot like Facebook but without the photo albums and quizzes, but a lot more of my friends are on Facebook than on Twitter.

How do you prefer to express yourself online?

Comments (9)

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  juliette

  February 4th, 2010

  I like Twitter for following news and trends in my line of work. I like staying in the loop of what other editors are doing. I also like all the fun links crafters and designers post. I, too, mainly follow and have slowed down considerably on posting myself.

  Facebook is just for family and friends – both old and new. I really don't network there.

  Blogging is just a hobby, for the fun of it. =)

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  G in Berlin

  February 4th, 2010

  'm reading too many blogs, books and magazines and habe kein Boch to actually write. I also have many posts partially written and just can't get up the energy to finish them.

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  headbang8

  February 4th, 2010

  Twitter isn't writing. It's bleating.

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  ian in hamburg

  February 4th, 2010

  Fewer teenagers perhaps, but the study also finds a slight rise in blogging by those 30 and older.

  I wouldn't worry about not blogging regularly, because in many ways, less is more. If I subscribe to a blog and find my reader stacked with two or three posts a day, I get turned off – it's just too much.

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  cliff1976

  February 4th, 2010

  I'm with Ian about the overkill. And I'm a feedreader user, so anytime you fire back up, I'll see it.

  But I wonder how important it is to give non-feedreader-users something on a regular basis — once or twice a week, say — to remind them to keep coming back, assuming that's something you care about in the first place. I don't know about you, but I get a kick out of knowing which posts have higher readership, much as I like to think that I'm impervious to others' opinions.

  Does anyone have any stats about what percentage of their traffic come from feedreaders? I suppose you can see that in referrer stats, if it's a web-based reader like Google Reader or Netvibes or Bloglines, and they come to your site to read more than an excerpt (if that's how your feed is published) or make a comment…but what about stand-alone feadreaders?

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  bakinginstilettos

  February 5th, 2010

  I use all three for somewhat different purposes and types of content. It's when the three begin to blend and I wonder things like "Do I really want my Twitter friend to be my Facebook friend?" that I want to haul off and slap the sh*t out of myself.

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  Dave Hampton

  February 9th, 2010

  I do like writing a considered, perrsonal essay on some topic that interests me on any given day. I liike to think things through, and it takes me a half hour to craft something that captures a well-formed thought. Sometimes, the experience of writing it takes my thinking into a different direction, and I do come away with better perspective and insight.

  That absolutely never happens with Twitter: II still struggle with what to tweet at all.

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  Chuck

  February 15th, 2010

  You need to go somewhere totally different to snap out of it.

  Have you guys been to see Lisa in Kenya yet?

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  Dave

  March 10th, 2010

  I seem to be more often on Facebook. Though my parents enjoy reading about my travels on the blog, so that's an incentive.

  Let's see where it will go after my 3 month round-the-world trip this summer!