Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Defunct Blog?

Just for Angie Davis' benefit.

Is there a reason for blogs in the Age of Facebook?

The internet seems to run in cycles. First, there were message boards, such as MyHoliness.com, or southerngospelnews.com. Very popular for a while. Not so much anymore.

Then, there were these blogs. Insanely popular for a time. Everybody wanted to be able to keep up with the lives of everyone else.

And, that is where Facebook came in. Not only can you keep up to date on all (7932) of your cloesest friends, but you can reconnect with the girl (or guy) you kissed in 6th grade. You can post your most mundane thought, and have 32 people make comments on what you said.

You can post your pics for all to see. 154 of my facebook friends, including some very well known, (Ernie Haase) have even posted their phone numbers for all to see.

And, then, then is the chat feature. Some of my friends have disabled theirs (you know who you are!), but for the rest of us, what a way to find out news, share news, and even argue, in some cases.

So, here's to facebook. And to what ever comes after Facebook. Because, as we all know, just like Myspace, FB will soon fade. As did blogging.