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An interesting article in AdAge.com argues that a blogger is just a writer with a cooler name. The author writes:
And it occurred to me that there is no such thing as blogging. There is no such thing as a blogger. Blogging is just writing — writing using a particularly efficient type of publishing technology. Even though I tend to first use Microsoft Word on the way to being published, I am not, say, a Worder or Wordder.
It’s just software, people! The underlying creative/media function remains exactly the same.
In a way, this is something that I’ve argued before, with a friend, who knows of my “live from blogging” aspirations and has warned me several times about the possibility that blogging is just a fashion, and if it goes away, I’d lose all my income. My answer has always been that a blog is nothing more than a web site – and, unless the Web as we know it – indeed, the Internet as we know it – change completely, there’s no danger that people will stop being interested in blogs – because they never were! What they’re interested in is content, and it’s there whether you use WordPress, Blogspot, Dreamweaver, or edit the HTML by hand.
Any opinions?
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This is exactly what i think about the subject. “Blog” is just a dynamic site, and a blogger an online writer. Media just reinvent the words based on “weblog”.
[...] Hoy he leido un artículo en AdAge.com que me ha dado que pensar. El autor expresa la teoría de que un bloguero no es mas que un escritor, pero con un nombre mas molón. Lógicamente, ya hay opinones a favor y en contra. [...]
Hi, Pedro! I should me commenting here, as I linked you from mu post on the subject…
I don’t quite agree… while bloggers and writers may share the same “underlying creative/media function”, I think their purpose may differ.
The blogger wants comments, links, etc… Basically, blogging is prompting and maintaing a discussion, not simply writing as a ‘writer’ or ‘journalist’ would do…
Then again, I do agree a blog can be a form of web site, and in fact many blogs are simply web sites done with a particular tool…
The writer and blogger differ insofar that they communicate through different media. Have I mentioned I really don’t like the word blogger? I don’t think it’s cool at all… jcm
Jope: what if a blogger disables comments? Is it still a blog? Remember that a lot of bloggers actually do that, especially the less technically inclined, who don’t know about the spam fighting plugins… or don’t even know what a plugin is.
Many blogs, when they get really popular, disable comments completely, because can’t handle the spam. Are they still blogs, after they do that?