The Great Blog Burnout

I've noticed an awful lot of blogs going into inactive mode the past few weeks. A few of you might've noticed that things have slowed down here a bit. Of course, since it's all about me I thought I was the only one who's been tempted to let things slide. Fortunately, I've learned that isn't the case. Ryan's Head is taking some time off and so is LaSabot Post Moderne. In fact if you go through the list of blogs, say, at Blogs for Bush you'll notice quite a few of them no longer exist or are inactive.

I noticed an interesting article that addresses this issue over at Wired,

It's called, Bloggers Suffer Burnout. The article sums up the attraction of blogging quite well,

Blogging for some is an obvious labor of love, and having a forum that belongs to them and enables them to write whatever they want, and have it seen by throngs of readers, is a very attractive proposition. This is especially true because blogging is a timeless endeavor and one that allows authors to vent about whatever's on their minds.

Many of the usual suspects are quoted in the article including the infamous Daily Kos (he's related to a regular wired news contributor - what a coincidence!) and the immortal Glenn Reynolds (he doesn't need any more links) who describes how blogging can start to feel futile,

"Sometimes it gets harder to find interesting stuff to talk about. There are 3 million blogs, and everyone is talking about everything. It's tough to deal with that sometimes, and you don't want to just be another person talking about the same stuff that everybody else is talking about."

So don't be surprised if things slow down here for a bit. As one blogger put it, "I'm not in Guantanamo and I'm not dead." I'm just slowing down a little. Even with the few days I've been on hiatus I've started feeling the urge to post things so I expect I'll be back in tip-top shape soon.

Posted by jdmays at July 14, 2004 06:51 PM | TrackBack