Death of a Blog
As I surf through blogsphere, I have come across many blogs that have not been updated, some I once subscribed to, in weeks, months, even years! It leaves me wondering:
- What happened to this person?
- Are they okay or even still alive?
- Was blogging just a phase?
- Did they lose interest?
This got me to thinking about my own blog: How long before this happens to me? When will I stop blogging? I enjoy writing and hope to never stop, but do I really see myself blogging as a 80 year old? Well if I can still see, sure, why not, but one never knows. Perhaps for me it would have to be something that prevents me from blogging, a debilitating illness or disease, I’m guessing.
What about you? Does your blog have a future? What will prevent you from blogging? Will you erase it from blogsphere when you lose interest or leave it out there to live on? Will a screenshot of your blog turn up on the side of a milk carton with the caption: Have you updated me? Is someone designated to publish your last post just in case? Do you say goodbye or whatever happens, happens, after all it is just a blog. Inquiring minds want to know. I want to know.
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Nice post.. I was also out of the blog world for a few months.. Missed Blogging.. !!!!
You’ve got a nice and well presented Blog..
Regards..
Aman..
Aman Williams’s last blog post..The Diminishing Pugmarks
Ooo, this is weird. Because I think the same thing all the time and I was going to write a post about it, too! Sometimes, if the blog looks really good, I feel a twinge of sadness. I think some people never really get regular readers and so they give up and walk away. And then I think, “If I had found it sooner, I would have read it!”
I tend to lose interest in things fairly quickly. With that said, I really hope I continue blogging. I want to improve my writing, get to know some people, and I dunno… make someone somewhere smile!
But, if I ever stopped writing, I think I’d probably leave it up. Just because it’s old doesn’t mean people can’t relate to it. I think.
It’s like you were in my head!
Jillian’s last blog post..Does This Meal Come With Ecstasy?
Hi Natural,
This is quite thought provoking. Right now, I can’t see myself not blogging, but like Jillian, if I did stop blogging, I would probably leave it online. Hopefully some of what I post is timeless and could help others for a long time to come.
I know of some blogs that are just sitting there, and I’m hoping the authors are on a hiatus, as the blogs are quite good.
Barbara’s last blog post..Blogging Etiquette - The Unwritten Rules
I can’t see myself blogging at 80 either. I imagine I’d stop only if I was physically unable to do so.
I know this may sound morbid, but I do have plans for a final post, one that would go up in the event of my death. I’ll leave the post and all the instructions for getting it online in my safe. My sister has been selected to put it up. Why would I do this? 1) to let everyone know where I went, and 2) to thank them for their friendship and participation. Blogging is some of the most fun I’ve had in my life and I would want to let them know how much their involvement meant to me.
Kathy’s last blog post..It Rained Ice Cream
I had been thinking about this for a while now. I imagined one of my favourite blogs just up and going silent. It would be heartbreaking for me to lose touch with a friend and not really know what happened to him or her. I imagined visiting a silent blog every day and praying for a new entry. It would eat at me not to know what happened to a loyal and daily blogger.
I then thought that I wouldn’t be able to contact my favourite bloggers in any way, shape, or form if this did happen. Many of my favourite bloggers don’t reveal their real names. I don’t know where they live. I actually don’t have any information that would help me to inquire about them. It would sadden me to lose touch with them and not know what happened to them.
I then took precautions to make sure that my blog doesn’t just go silent. I know this sounds morbid but I wrote a final entry. I saved it as a draft and asked my cousin to post it in the event of my death. This will give my blog some closure. It will be my final act of friendship to my readers and friends. Don’t worry though; I don’t plan on going anywhere for a long time. I just want to be prepared.
Chase March’s last blog post..The Third World is Right Here!
Every now and then I will fall off the face of the earth and change blogs, but most of my friends know where I am and how to find me.
However, I have no intention of ever abandoning Blogging MoRe/Monique Renae. I am going to be on that site until I am ancient with carpel tunnel, a hip replacement, a faulty memory and 18 grandkids. Actually, ix-nay the grandkids.
I would hope that someone would at least post that I have passed away or was in a hospital if I ever was gone for a while (or indefinitely).
I do the same thing you do, and wonder what happened to the people who vanish. I occasionally send emails asking if they are ok. That’s the nicer side of my meanness. Don’t tell anyone.
Monique’s last blog post..Giving Away… Space?
Although I do enjoy blogging at present, it’s not really a focal point in my life. I’ve walked away from a previous blog in the recent past & deleted it to avoid any confusion. I’d probably do the same with my current one (after a month or so of no activity,) if life turned my interests elsewhere.
Lana’s last blog post..My Town Monday
I depends on the person.. some just take a break..I spent most of my adult life scribbling in notebooks while on the road..I have dozens of note books..:))) now I do it in a blog..I find if I don’t write everyday..the world just doesn’t seem right…Most of the stuff I wrote in the past has never been read by anyone but me..which doesn’t seem to be a factor..so who knows how long I will last..
Robert Bourne’s last blog post..Where Do I Go
Hi there. It seems like you have a lot of questions in mind.
I don’t know if I could still update my blog for how many years after but depends on you if you still want to write and update your blog. I mean, you can do anything if you have freedom and as long as you still can, then go ahead and enjoy it. I’m really not into blogging long before and I even hate writing, but since all of my friends have their own blogs now then I guess I have to join them and experience how it feels like to write and be published online, even though no one else reads my posts too but blogging just help me express my thoughts and I never consider blogging to be something serious that I just can’t seem to live my life without it. I call it my little hobby. 
Karen’s last blog post..Online Casino List
Aman, this is what I’m interested in, what made you stop. I guess I’ll have to go to your blog and find out. Thanks for your kind words.
Jillian, this has been on my mind for a while. If anyone can answer this question please do…what about people who host their own blog…I’m not on a free hosted site. My estate will not be paying no bills after I’m dead. How will it live on…should I have a duplicate blog on a free site? Yes, please keep your blog up. You make me laugh.
Barbara, maybe you can answer my question. You all make great points about leaving it online. I was thinking of pulling the plug, but if I had a published book I wouldn’t destroy that, so why this.
Kathy, you’re making me tear up here. That’s one post I would not look forward to of yours, so keep living girl.
Wow Chase, you wrote the final entry..can I read it? Just kidding. I’ll wait. I mean er um…right, don’t go anywhere. Keep blog alive!
Monique, glad you’re not going anywhere, love your conviction too. I haven’t left instructions, but have been thinking about the final post…I didn’t want to date it though. In my mind, I keep adding one more day, one more year..then I said, let that be someone elses problem. Maybe my brother, he’s good at following up. I can hear my family now: she had a blog. Sigh.
Lana, I too have walked away from blogs only to run back and delete them. I do have one out there that I have not updated in weeks. Let me go delete that..tomorrow. I’m tired tonight.
Mr. Bourne, I understand a break, but man if those blogs have pictures, I can’t help but wonder where is this person. If I think about them too long, if I “knew” them, I might have a dream about them….buh.
If I could write all day, I would. And if it was about anything, even better because I’m writing anyways, in my mind. The only reason that would stop me from blogging is time, oh and if my blog was ruining my relationships. I’m just too tired to blog at times, surprisingly I have time to read blogs. I love to read about what my favorite bloggers are upto. Oh yah, sometimes I think I get boring so I stop writing for a while until something juicy happens. So if things were to get tough, or if I lost interest, I would leave my blog up, I wouldn’t delete it and I will notify my readers that I’m a goner, why, because I would like to be notified.
Tondy’s last blog post..As the Tide Got Rougher!
It is sad to think about. I mean, if I stopped right now, would I really be missed?
Unfortunately, the answer is no. There may be a few that enjoy my humor, but there are other humorous blogs that would suffice.
We are but a speck of sand in the endless beach of the internet.
Karen, that’s interesting that you hate writing, but you have a blog. I’ll pop on over and check you out. Think positive!
Tondy, I am like you in that I write in my head all day long, while I’m driving, always thinking of how I can fit a bit of information in a writing piece. Funny. Yeah a goodbye post would be nice.
ThinkBox, I would hope someone would miss you and you are so true, we are a speck of sand, mere dust on scales.
I sort of quit blogging for several months. I had gotten laid off, and wasn’t really in the mood for blogging. Having nothing to do for 6 weeks took up a lot of my time I guess.
I mainly blog as a way to document some of the minutiae of what’s going on in my life, and I wasn’t really in the mood to blog about “sent out more resumes today’ day after day…
Khyle’s last blog post..The Clock, she be a ‘tickin
Hi Khyle, well glad you made it back to the blogging world. I imagine a lay off might shift your focus. Hope you are back on your feet.
When I die I’d leave my blog to my daughter. It’s up to her to do as she please.
dano’s last blog post..Why Christians prefer to vote for PAS
I have a few blogs that I have not written on in quite a while. I actually just posted on one that I had not posted on in over a year. Its not that I lost interest, but other projects have taken priority.
Perhaps I ought to put a little note in the side bar or at the top informing visitors where I am currently active. The little Mybloglog and Blogcatalog widgets could help as well.
Evangel’s last blog post..Increasing Vitamin C Dosage
Dano, what a great thing to bequeath!
Evangel, wow, in over a year, what happened, did you forget about it? Another blog I read just went on hiatus, at least he posted where he was going, now I don’t have to wonder.
I understand about other projects taking priority…happens to me or should happen to me. Anywho, will pay you a visit!
you know - I actually think about this alot. I have alot of plans for my future - some of which will be painstakingly time consuming and I find myself thinking about how I’m going to make it work because truth be told, I heart my blog
and yeah.. some people disappear and I think “where’d they go???”
especially if it were a good blog in the making
*wonders*..
JEMi @ InMyHeels’s last blog post..Uninhibited: 10 Ways to Set Yourself Free (Part 2)
I have disappeared for awhile because my first post was in 2005. There were several reasons why I waylaid. Illness, non-access to a computer, and temporary loss of motivation. Whether I continue or die, my blog will forever stay where it is unless deleted by blogger.
Cheers!
JEMi, glad to hear you have future plans for you blog, because I heart your blog too. I have two other blogs that I don’t updated everyday, but maybe several times a month or a few times a week, but one doesn’t require daily updates and the other one is updated a few times a week.
Whoa Lotus, how long were you gone? I’m going to go check…Those are valid reasons. I think I will transfer this blog over to somewhere where it can live forever. I host my own…no pay? no blog!
Have a goal and work towards it. Mine is world domination. Yeah, I have seen some friends come and go and have wondered those same thoughts. Cool post!