A Response to “Teaching Writing in the Post-Blogging Era” by Mark Marino

Marino’s Article

Marino’s article was an enjoyable read. It did a great job of telling the story of blogging and its evolution without getting too bogged down with unnecessary details. The use of pictures definitely helped to recall the aesthetics of the late 2000s/early 2010s digital space. It’s interesting to note that the unnecessary clutter of “late post apologies” was eliminated, possibly to account for the increasingly short attention spans of readers. The concept of the different subgenres of blogging is quite interesting: one almost forgets that some of these social media spaces do indeed count as blogging forums. Whether they do a good job of filling that role after so many years is up for debate. I personally don’t consciously think of myself as “blogging” when I post on Instagram. Possibly because the idea of blogging is so intrinsic to social media. It almost feels too formal (or even old-fashioned) calling a social media post a blog. The concept of a “blog” will evolve so that it never dies as an internet medium, because people will always need a place to tell their stories, and because of its now commercial and monetizable status.