To all bloggers: If you were born and brought up in the time of modern social media, where Twitter and Instagram have always existed, would you even blog?
@moonmehta Based on the people I know who got online only because of Facebook then Instagram and a subset of that on Twitter
@moonmehta I wasn’t born into this time but was in elementary school when Twitter debuted. I didn’t have a blog until two years ago. Nobody in school asks what your blog is so they can follow it. It’s just not a thing. Only a couple of my peers have blogs.
@pratik Isn’t that an interesting conclusion? Especially for the people who blog and encourage others to but weren’t from this time and haven’t experienced the Internet the way younger people have.
@moonmehta And I would say, blogging hasn’t become easier than before. Twitter, etc. made it very easy to get their thoughts out. Also, ask any layperson to get their own domain (also is jargon) and see how many can do it without assistance much less why they should
@moonmehta although haven’t registered a domain via Micro.blog but it seems easier? Most indie blogging ought to work on language and framing. Instead they spend time wringing their hands on why people don’t blog.
@pratik I do think blogging platforms have become easier to use relative to the last decade, including registering a domain from within, but the friction still remains high enough as you alluded. I too think that people need to whine less about how people don’t blog and be more inquisitive and empatheric about why so. That’s what I tried conveying in the last question on my People and Blogs interview as well.
@jthingelstad Love this!
Incidentally, I’ve used a similar analogy as your apartment and homes example in my article on “how to feel at home on the Internet”.