You know I love reality shows and one of the best blogs around followed all the best Bravo Reality shows and was just a bunch of good clean nasty fun. Even the title was great: I Hate Jill Zarin.
Now you might not know who Jill Zarin was but she was the chief yenta and trouble maker on "The Real Housewives of New York." People really started to hate her and blogs sprang up like toadstools dissing her. This woman LynnNChicago started blogging under that name and made a nice little blog for herself. She would post about a show and routinely get 300 to 500comments that made the EBL look like a piker.
But Jill got fired and Lynn decided that she wanted to change the name of the blog. She dropped the name that made her famous! I get how you could get tired of someone and want them out of your life but you had a brand name that was a google sensation. It makes no sense to change the name of your blog. I mean I get that it is more descriptive. But Instapundit isn't going to change his blog from "Instapundit" to "Nerdy Douchebag." So why did she do such a crazy thing.
Tim who is very savvy about blogs assures us that they are a thing of the past and all the kids think that it is only for old people. Well they said the same things about scotch, cigars and red meat but once the kids rediscover them then they become popular again. Just like the swing lifestyle that the hippies thought was passe came back strong. I think blogs will be around for the niche audience and if the niche is big enough it could be a moneymaker. Bravo's Blogs and TLC's blogs get many hits. Most informational blogs get traffic that is the envy of many a feeble nasty old lady blogger. Reality show blogs can have thousand upon thousands of fans. You might know them Pauline Kael but they are out there. Typing away about "The Real Housewives" and "Sister Wives" and "Pawn Stars" and all the rest.
I just think it was really silly for Lynn to throw away a branded commodity like that.
Of course on the other hand some blogs deserve to die. Just sayn'
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Multiple entendre, compadre
Si es bueno.
Some people have to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.
It's not always out of greed; sometimes they're just sick of looking at it.
Weren't the Clutters murdered in cold blood?
Yeah, well, OK, and maybe it had to do with something like this.
In the spirit of the season, a lovely version of a favorite thing.
Despite sneers from my kids, I agree with Trooper, and think blogs will stay around and remain a big part of online life.
But I also agree with the conventional wisdom I'm seeing more of every day, and think blogs will become more informational and turn into yet another website format. The quirky personal blog is, IMHO, dying a lurching death. People who want that are moving to Facebook or doing it lite on Twitter.
Blogs as communication, yes. Blogs as social media, not so much.
Kinda too bad. Maybe.
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