The NY Times must have 6 of these posts scheduled each year – Blogs Wane as the Young Drift to Sites Like Twitter

Matt, founder of WordPress, the most popular blogging platform:

… Underneath the data in the article there’s an interesting super-trend that the Times misses: people of all ages are becoming more and more comfortable publishing online. …

… at some point you’ll have more to say than fits in 140 characters, is too important to put in Facebook …

BLOGGING DRIFT

I use Twitter. Rarely. It’s so limited.

Facebook non-stop all day. Love it. … Though ‘Facebook Pages’ are crap.

Blogs are where I put serious ideas. With a permanent address. Something I might want to refer back to one day.

Different tools for different purposes. Over time people that post things online will find the right tools for what they want to say.

The intriguing one to me, actually, is Tumblr.

Like Facebook. But more powerful. More personal.

Here’s a Tumblr to which I’ve just subscribed – Camping Links