How blogging has shifted from long-form personal writing to short-form microblogging
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Summary
The article reflects on how blogging has changed over the past decade, noting that younger generations raised on short-form microblogging platforms like Twitter and Tumblr find longer-form personal blog posts intrusive or difficult to engage with. The author observes a significant shift in blog content from personal, audience-directed writing to more curated or shorter formats.
Key quotes
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They made a point that folks like them who have grown up on short form microblogging like Twitter and Tumblr have a big leap to make when reading longer form blogposts.
Ten years ago if you were blogging on Tumblr or Wordpress you were writing to an audience in an...
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