Obviously, there's more and more "dying" blog. Just to explain one more time, a blog is defined as 'dead' in my books when the last post by the owner of the blog was:
a) more than 6 months before the time of check, or
b) showed clear intention of killing the blog (e.g.: Bo Mun's blog), or alternatively
c) made private.
Technically, if a blog is made private, it still exists, just that you might not be able to access it, so I crossed it out anyway.
Updates aside, I just wanted to point out something.
It appears that the Facebook and Twitter trend has been at the expense of blogging.
Years ago, people were enthusiastic about keeping their blog up-to-date with their latest rants, gossip, opinions, etc. But today, people prefer to comment on each others' status updates, or @reply each other, or socialise using #hashtags. They don't find it enjoyable anymore, drafting an entire blog that nobody reads because it isn't shoved in the face of your friends via a "news feed". Which is a pity, really, because although blogging is a bit of a geeky undertaking, I still think there's something fun about putting your journalistic cap on and tapping away on your keyboard for hours upon hours.
I know this isn't the first time I'm talking about blogging as a dying trade, but seeing the increase in the number of dead links just made me have this thought in my head - a thought that I need to let out. And why not do it in a blog post?
Just my 2 cents' worth.
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