Happy 8th birthday to this blog
Today, my blog – this place – Banal Leakage, turns 8 years old. Why did I pick April 1st to be the day I started this blog? Oh, there’s many reasons, one of which involves Dave2 from Blogography, but it was the start of the a new month and what better day to start a new blog.
Eight years old is a long time in the blogging world these days. Many that used to be in our blogging circle have closed down or gotten hacked or are still online, but going months and years without any recent posts. Facebook has stolen many a bloggers space and words [let alone some of their Twitter attention and characters]. I miss those “golden days of blogging” where we all had dozens of comments on our posts and met up to party at various blogging events in other parts of the country. Now many are just a fragmented bits of insight, while dodging political rants on Mark Zuckerberg’s billion behemoth network. Those of us left blogging are not going anywhere anytime soon, even if some of us don’t blog as often as others.
So as I celebrate another year here, I make my best efforts to keep posting.
Happy Blogiversary, Marty! It is nuts how much blogging and social media has changed things. I wonder what the future will bring! I know whatever it is, we’ll still be friends and I’ll look forward to seeing stories about your life 🙂
What a nice comment, Kim. Thanks. I hope we always keep blogging in some form, regardless of how the future inserts itself into our online homes.
Only eight years? Are you sure? You are getting old so maybe you lost a year or three?
Happy blogiversary!
Hey, I’m still in my early 50’s. I don’t forget some things. Thanks for the wishes.
Happy Blogiversary mate! It is true that social media pulled the rug out from blogging in general. Not many old schoolers left these days. I may not always comment, but I always read everything you post here. Albeit somewhat later than I’d like 😉
Thanks for being a loyal reader. I view all of your posts, commenting where something prompts me to. Us old school bloggers got to stick together.