Blogging is Dead! Long Live Blogging!
It seems to me that "they" have been saying that "blogging is dead" for almost as long as there has been blogging.
And yet, blogging remains a substantial part of the web landscape, even after 25+ years.
I actually started blogging before blogging was even a thing, basically adding a new page of "current musings and commentary" to my static web site... in 1996. It was a royal pain in the ass!
To be honest, I was so relieved when Blogger, LiveJournal, Xanga and others facilitated daily/weekly updates! No more hard coding pages... yay!
From where I am sitting, the statement that "blogging is dead" is about as relevant as saying that "movies are dead" or "the news is dead."
Who SAYS This, Anyway?
Typically, the assertion is made by people who have a vested interest in some other non-blogging form of content creation — whether it be Facebook, X/twitter or YouTube — or by individuals with little short spans of attention who failed English (or whatever their native language might be) composition.
Bottom line is that if you're the least bit curious about the world around you a statement like "Horrible plane crash! 93 people dead!" is utterly insufficient to actually inform anyone significantly about something. Similarly, you can't hold an informed opinion merely based on the assertion "Trump rules (or sucks)."
Perhaps the key word here is informed.
Seems like we live in an era where many are trying to devalue the whole idea of being informed. Knee-jerk opinions are valued above reality. People are forever scrolling inane "reaction videos" rather than bothering to actually learn about whatever is being reacted to.
I have long found the global trend towards the "shortening" of everything from news to concentrating on a single task to be somewhat disturbing, particularly because it leads to primarily reactionary and impulsive actions, rather than informed and measured actions.
Without "going all conspiracy theory" here, this does point towards the ostensible Powers-That-Be pulling their puppetmaster strings in the direction of keeping the populace in a state of FUD and ignorance.
As Thomas Jefferson famously observed:
"When people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty”
More than just a little truth, there, I suspect!
I don't know whether this always holds true since I grew up in a place (Denmark) where there's a very high level of trust in government and it seems to work both ways, in the sense that the government fairly authentically serves the people.
The tendency is likely most pronounced in societies where government tends towards authoritarian, such as we are increasingly experiencing here in in the USA.
But getting back to blogging, I have my sincere doubts that long form content that actually goes somewhat into detail and/or makes people pause and think is going to die anytime soon.
Well... at least not until people in my age group (born in the 1960s) also die and no longer ask for and consume it!
Thanks for stopping by, and have a great remainder of your Friday!
Comments, feedback and other interaction is invited and welcomed! Because — after all — SOCIAL content is about interacting, right? Leave a comment — share your experiences — be part of the conversation! I do my best to answer comments, even if it sometimes takes a few days!
Greetings bloggers and social content creators! This article was created via PeakD, a blogging application that's part of the Hive Social Content Experience. If you're a blogger, writer, poet, artist, vlogger, musician or other creative content wizard, come join us! Hive is a little "different" because it's not run by a "company;" it operates via the consensus of its users and your content can't be banned, censored, taken down or demonetized. And that COUNTS for something, in these uncertain times! So if you're ready for the next generation of social content where YOU retain ownership and control, come by and learn about Hive and make an account!
(As usual, all text and images by the author, unless otherwise credited. This is original content, created expressly and uniquely for this platform — NOT posted anywhere else!)
Created at 2025.09.26 10:55 PST
1429/2693
Blogging is very much alive and I love it. I started way back in the day on blogger and have always built static sites since HTML became a thing we could learn. I think given the fact that the short form platforms have sunken into hell, many are returning to blogging to be more engaged with what their world pertains to.
I was born in the 1980s, and I plan to write until I die. Blogs won't go anywhere at least until after I'm done if I have anything to say on the matter. If anything, millennials are more active bloggers, fan-fiction writers, and forum users than Gen X and the boomers. I think the Zoomers will do fine here, too. And while I have some doubts about the iPad babies raised from the cradle with screens, only time will tell. After all, TV and radio didn't kill writing either.
In various places I'm seeing a resurgence in blogging, with people wanting a slower, more personal, less corporate web experience - https://bearblog.dev/discover/
Much of it seems to correlate with more minimal tech stacks, with a touch of digital minimalism.
People are also tiring of web2 social media being so dominated by ads and algorithms that organic connection is almost impossible. Censorship is also a real problem in the corporate sphere.
I remember starting to create personal web pages on my local freenet in 1993 or 1994. I wouldn't really call it a blog though. However, I used all the early blogging platforms including Friendster, Xanga, MySpace, and probably a couple I've forgotten. I still have a blogger account and a self hosted wordpress instance. These days, most of the stuff I post goes here. Some of it eventually also gets posted to one of those platforms.
I've seen people make the claim that long form content is dead and short form is the future. I find that pretty silly though. I mean I don't doubt short content will continue to be popular but long form content isn't going anywhere. I mean the novel is still around, lol.