According to a new study, blogging by those younger than 30 has declined dramatically since 2007, while bloggers 30 and up have steadily gained ground.
The Pew Internet & American Life Project study suggests that social networking applications like Twitter — and platforms more conducive to casual gaming, like Facebook — are eclipsing the phenomenon of online rambling journals among the younger set.
Who wants a diatribe on the virtues of vegan life when you can get a 140-character tweet that says all about bacon cravings that says it all?
Still, and estimated one in 10 adults maintains a blog, and that’s been consistent since 2005, when blogging went mainstream. Ten years ago? None.
“That’s a pretty remarkable thing,” David Sifry, founder of Technorati, told the Associated Press.
What does this mean for the content from those bloggers who remain? Will the words go gray along with the voice behind them?
And will their messages still have meaning for all ages, or will even this medium succumb to the niche fragmentation that has swept the media landscape?
Not if readers don’t trust anything they read from a blogger who is over 30.
