It's the third of January. You're thinking, "I can't start a blog now? Two days after the beginning of the year? Why, everyone would point and laugh at me. No one would be impressed."
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| That's me blogging. |
WRONG. I would be impressed. I would clap. Like this:
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| That's me clapping. |
I have been ceaselessly obsessed with This Kind of blog for a pretty long time. My beautiful blogspot which you are looking at right now never took off, never became some kind of indie sensation. No, it languished alone and neglected after everyone stopped doing blogs, started doing YouTube, pivoted to video in a more crazed way than ever before, and birthed the dawn of the current wave of short-form video which has most internet users in a chokehold in one way or another.
My 86 year old grandfather is looking at and playing short videos on his phone. I don't know how this happened, and it frightens me - not least because the volume on that phone is turned up HIGH.
But what I need you to do right now, if you have even a sliver of diaristic noodling within your mushy little brain, is start a blog. Or log back into your old one, if you were already one of us, one of our fallen brethren. I think, one day, sooner than I'm ready for, Blogger will get shut down. Unless everyone starts getting really into it. I mean, what if we all had one, huh? Wouldn't that be a beautiful big world of blogalicious joy and fun?
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Yes, it would be. Which is why you need to make a blog. Do it today. Write something overly personal. Write a horrible poem. Show me your outfit (we can act like lookbook.nu never died). Are you listening to me? Are you hearing me?
I am calling out to you. I need you. Start a blog.
I won't lie this really did make me want to start a blog
ReplyDeleteDO IT
Deletealright i’ll start one!
ReplyDeleteYessssssss!
DeleteI have been inspired and have creted my blog (still not finished but it's Real)
ReplyDeleteBlogs can be real if you dream hard enough...
DeleteThat's so true!!
Deletegirl, just earlier today I was remembering my old blogs from when I was a teenager (some 15 years ago or more) and was meaning to try to find them again, and then I see you post this on instagram!! crazy coincidence, must mean I need to start blogging again...
ReplyDeleteThat's what it means!!
Deleteok fineeeee I'll do it ♡
ReplyDeletethis post made me create my own blog. no idea how any of this works but its worth a try. thanks :)
ReplyDeleteI myself thought that Blogger was already long gone... But by your bidding, I've searched my old blog and was overjoyed it was still alive! ♥ Let's blog 2026!
ReplyDeleteFound your post on Tumblr (started following you btw) and I have created a Blogger account. I was thinking about making an indie web page this year but this might be a nice in between.
ReplyDeleteBlog 2026!
nooo. blogger has been here as long as i´m on the internet. the thought of it shutting down frightens me so much cause even if i stopped blogging (for more than 10 years) i still have my faves bookmarked and check up on them for either updates or nostalgia.
ReplyDeletei saw your posts when i was just thinking of making a personal tumblr when all i needed was to start posting here, cause i dont want it to get "popular" or even be seen by a lot of people, i just want to write and feel like it´s 2007 again, and it´s already working (at least while i´m on the pc)
hope a bunch of people go decide to make it also write on it despite seeming no one is watching. the need for online attention is so huge and it´s so scary.
sorry for the long comment :´)
Yeah it's such a nice part of a blog like this, just writing for YOU. I think approaching it as a sort of diary works really well, but of course it can be hard to stay motivated with zero eyeballs. I hope a lot of people will keep their new blogs going!
Deletei have started a blog now ! <3
ReplyDeleteI have been influenced.
ReplyDeleteimpressive that you've summoned a lot of us here! :)
ReplyDeleteIt's really amazing...
Deleteaah~ i love blogging! <3
ReplyDeleteLately I've seen a lot of videos on TikTok from young people who want to start a blog, and I'd like to recommend this post to them all.
feliz aƱo! :D
this did genuinely make me set up a blog. it is less than one day old and i do hope i won't neglect it within a week's time. thank you. handheart
ReplyDeletereinstated my old blog bc of this post thank u forever
ReplyDeleteThank you for reigniting the joys of writing and having a fun blog! You helped me want to write for myself again. Wishing you the best, kind stranger on the internet. (p.s. I love your art blog)
ReplyDeleteThank you! I hope you have a lovely time writing :-)
DeleteThank you :]
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