Comments on: Facebook’s “Note Bloggers” must outnumber us “Real Bloggers”

By: Blogging is, like, so 2007 | Paul Jacobson

Blogging is, like, so 2007 | Paul Jacobson — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:39:37 +0000

[...] and Nic posted a pretty good take on this distinction a little while ago in his post titled ‘Facebook’s “Note Bloggers” must outnumber us “Real Bloggers”‘ where he talked about how Facebook users who publish their thoughts using Facebook Notes may [...]

By: Nic

Nic — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 06:59:52 +0000

Paul – very good point re who the “real’ bloggers are!!

I definitely think that considering Facebook notes are sent/viewed by ppl who have a direct relationship with the author, they become very valuable. Especially when you can tag people who you think should read it or would benefit from your note.

By: Paul Jacobson

Paul Jacobson — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 06:44:45 +0000

I didn’t really think about Facebook notes as “blog” posts but you do have a point. I probably do have a fair number of my friends seeing my notes and other entries so from a visibility perspective that is pretty potent.

Another factor is that most of my friends have a stronger connection to me and interest in what I am doing than many of the visitors to my blog which makes the views more meaningful.

I also think the distinction you draw between Note Bloggers and Real Bloggers is probably the wrong distinction to draw. Real bloggers are bloggers who, among other things, share a strong personal connection to their readers. If Note Bloggers can achieve that on Facebook and we struggle to achieve that on our islands in the blogosphere, who are the *real* Real Bloggers?