Glad, in a way, to see I’m not the only one. Seems like the big media outlets and professional journalists latched on to and completely took over the independent publishing platform so that the blog, as it exists today, is only a semi-transparent medium for bursts of editorial.

From the piece: Former bloggers said they were too busy to write lengthy posts and were uninspired by a lack of readers. Others said they had no interest in creating a blog because social networking did a good enough job keeping them in touch with friends and family.

via Blogs Wane as the Young Drift to Sites Like Twitter – NYTimes.com.