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The Future of Blogging Revealed - ReadWriteWeb

Submitted by Manogr

Aug 04, 2008

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Blogging as everyone's preferred method of communication may be over. What's taking its place? Lifestreaming. And don't be fooled into thinking that we're talking just about FriendFeed here - lifestreaming as a format for communication extends beyond just that one social site to encompass an entirely new way to establish your home on today's social web. Read the full article

Comments (23)

Kenmat,

Aug 05, 2008

"There has been a lot of talk lately about the changing face of the blogging landscape." - Sarah Perez

Macrostandard,

Aug 05, 2008

Lifestreaming is a new way of documenting the activities surrounding your life using a chronologically-ordered collection of information. Bloggers like Julia Allison, whose internet activities and real-world attention-grabbing stunts made her "internet famous," has used the format to rocket herself into stardom.

Davidpetherick,

Aug 05, 2008

This is the way it's going, because conversation has always been more interesting than monologue.

Lifestreaming invites more participation and comment from readers, and catches the zeitgeist and immediacy of twitter, the photo-sharing focus of facebook, and also has that air of unexpected and serendipitous 'discvery' of somethign new or tangential that excites.

It's a vital part of the fun of being online in the first place: DISCOVERING NEW STUFF and NEW PEOPLE.

Fun. You remember fun, don't you?

Louisgray,

Aug 05, 2008

Sarah Perez is one of the sharpest and most prolific bloggers out there. Another big win for her.

Romainpechard,

Aug 05, 2008

Lifestreaming would definitly become massive. Social tools are driven that way. But don't you think there's a difference between streaming what you're doing and what you're thinking or discussing? There's enough room for blogging and lifestreaming, basically because the use and objectives are different.
And regarding the blogging landscape changing face, that's great new people come to express themselves on the Internet using easier tools than blogs!

Manogr,

Aug 05, 2008

I started a new SocialMedian network specifically for Lifestreaming: Lifestraming News. If you are interested: http://www.socialmedian.com/network/lifestreaming-news

Dwr57,

Aug 05, 2008

Interesting to see how blogging may develop. Lifestreaming is only for personal bloggers, though.

Grasshopper,

Aug 05, 2008

At the risk of pointing out the elephant in the room, lifestreams from anyone not involved at the cutting edge are chronically uninteresting for the circle beyond friends/family. Although it's not perfect, the blogging and commenting format imposes a discipline on bloggers and the wider public to distil their thoughts instead of just splurging.

That said, I love friendfeed.

Sharief,

Aug 05, 2008

Jptrenn,

Aug 05, 2008

Romainpechard is right. As with pracically everything, it isn't an either or situation. Blogging and lifestreaming are forms of personal expression. That means freedom. Too often we seem to want to declare what's in and what's out, what's up or what's down.

Lifestreaming and even still blogging are for the pioneers and early adopters. There are too many people out there who are still coming or have yet to come on board with all of this.

Eristoddle,

Aug 05, 2008

Lifestreaming is not necessarily for personal bloggers. It depends on the services chosen as a lifestream. Services like Profilactic can pull from hundreds of sites. Anything with a feed is a potential addition to a lifestream. With that said, I can run an ecommerce site with a blog, new product feed, sales feed, related bookmarks, and feeds of my answers at various forum and answer sites and that would qualify as a lifestream. But it would not be personal or cutting edge.

Sharnatlanta,

Aug 06, 2008

The timing of this article is spot on, and Sarah did a great job of pointing out the cliff on which we are all standing. Lifestreaming is becoming mainstream, and although a great way to communicate with our friends and families what we are doing and what we are interested in, I think there is still a place for blogging (it's just a slimmer space than it used to be). She is correct that people don't read, they scan, and it is difficult to find a happy medium of still carrying information across boundaries but not losing people because the information took more than a few seconds and a glance to absorb.

Davidpetherick,

Aug 06, 2008