Monday, October 9, 2006 | by nathan

Bored With The Internet

Someone asked me this weekend, "So, are you just not updating your blog as much?"

I nodded wistfully. "Pretty much." But I didn’t explain, because I don’t have an explanation.

I can tell you that a few of my favorite blogs have shut down or gone silent of late, and several more have gone slow. In fact, almost all of the RSS feeds I subscribe to have been really quiet lately, and I’m finding that I have shockingly little to read on the internet. I read CNN, Salon, SoMA Review, blah blah blah. But of late - even with North Korea about to end the world - I find myself shockingly bored when I’m online. Even the blogs that do update are just boring as all get out, for the most part. 

I wonder all the time if blogging is a trend or a truly viable new form of online communication and interpersonal connection. I’m beginning to think it’s the former, especially when I catch myself thinking about shutting down this site in favor of something much more worthwhile. The problem is, I really enjoy doing this, and I occasionally hear through the grapevine that people - for whatever reason - enjoy reading it.

So, nice try, Internet - but you’re going to have to work harder than that to get rid of me.

Interweb

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