The Case Against Hyperblogging
November 30, 2007 by John in JB.com
Finally, someone provided me with a justification for my blogging style/frequency. Tumblr? Don’t Bothr: The Case Against Hyperblogging:
Someone who talks a lot has less value to their words than someone who rarely speaks. But when that quiet person speaks, people listen. When you publish 20 posts a day, your individual posts lose value. And when you finally do have something important to say, it gets lost among the clutter. Your signal to noise ratio is too low.
Now I need the justification for very short blog posts. I can’t stand blogs with 1000+ word blathering, stream-of-consciousness posts. Of course, 90% of what I post is other people’s words, with 10% being my commentary on what they said. Just like this post!