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I have been pondering this question for sometime. As I have been more active on twitter and more conversations are happening there than this blog(that's going to change soon though). Out of all the new micro-blogging sites, they seemed to have started a wave of new micro-conversations too. Some blogs have become more of a conversation starter (water cooler) and then the conversations (water cooler discussion) happens on twitter or other micro-blogs like tumblr http://www.tumblr.com. Now because of these conversations happening "off the blog" and more are happening via other services like socialthing or friendfeed, the challenge has become even harder for blogs to maintain those conversations after starting them. For some new and popular blogs that won't be the case, for example I have watched http://ginnyfromtheblog.com grow and continue to have a steady stream of comments even though the blog is less than 6 months old. Will blogs just become static pages with little comments and the conversation take place off the blog? I believe for blogs that are not willing to change yes, they will be more like static wiki pages. But for others who will adapt to new technology such as http://disqus.com commenting system, OpenID and make their blog more "social" like lifestreaming sites, they will find a way to mash the conversations and succeed. As for the direction of Local Conversations, we're going more towards a video channel with micro-blogging implementations for conversations. :) This conversation was started from ReadWriteWeb blog post: The Conversation Has Left the Blogosphere - ReadWriteWeb
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Hurricane Wayne, it’s different for me since I hear about the blog post on Twitter than discuss it in the larger blog comment field (like now). Twitter is better suited for thoughts off the top of your head, exclamations, quick things one wants to “just share with someone,” or brief opinions than substantial responses.
I think people aren’t commenting on blogs as much because they don’t take the time to do so. And, I use Tumblr (mostly for pics) because it saves time, not because it’s good for conversations. It’s also a nice service for automatically making mobile-friendly pages (the user simply types “mobile” after the URL to receive smaller pages).
I read Ginny’s blog because she is super-friendly, has interesting posts and interests, and she sends reminders on Twitter. I comment mostly because she is a member of my online community, and I care about the success of her blog.
I also disagree that wiki are static web pages. They are designed for community participation and are only as static as the members who are supposed to contribute to the content.
Thanks for the suggestion of disqus, but when I tried to insert their code it was a bit of a pain (for another fast mover) and not worth it to me.
I look forward to seeing more videos from you; I think fast moving images are just your forte! Best wishes, @netd
I want to be able to edit or delete comment posts! I meant I hear of it on Twitter “then” discuss it via blog comment. I should listen to my husband, who says to type in Note Pad “then” transfer the text!
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