I have indeed noticed a change in reader and visitor
behavior in recent months. True, my own
page visits are down, and there are fewer comments. And people generally don’t seem to sign up as
followers of blogs.
Instead, it seems as though the energy of commenting
and following has moved to Facebook and Twitter, especially during the past
year, at least in my own experience. I
have to admit that I do the same thing myself.
It’s easier to comment on who the Washington Nationals should re-sign
(like LaRoche and Morse) on Facebook (the MASN thread) than look for blogs on
it (although I guess I could check MLB).
It’s easier to get into conversations with people angry at Piers Morgan
over his positions on gun control on Twitter than anywhere else.
I do realize that over time, I will need to look at
how my content is organized, spread out, and drawn together – especially the
latter, so readers can find info on the things I know that really attracts them
because I cover it and not many sources do (these topics include filial
responsibility laws, and protecting the power grind from solar storms and EMP,
particularly).
All of this is what we expect in the change from the Web 1.0 world (which was so good to me) to the Web 2.0 and 3.0 planets of today. I guess people need to learn to live in transition zones (or termination zones) of tidally locked alien planets.
This is a good place to mention a text and news summarization service for some mobile devices, "Summly", created by the newest teen innovator, the Brit Nick D'Aloisio, as discussed on Piers Morgan tonight. I'll have to see how that fits into my world. I like to create original text, not massage that of others.
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