Writing for The Verge, Monique Judge makes the following case: “The decline of Twitter with the current erosion of legacy media has left me thinking we need to bring personal blogging back with a vengeance.”
The biggest reason for this, according to her, “is a simple one: we should all be in control of our own platforms.”
Perhaps most important of all her arguments is the following:
“We are now in an age where people come on the internet to be the worst possible versions of themselves, and it’s an ugly sight to behold. Take the power back by building blogs and putting comment moderation in place (it’s relatively easy on both WordPress and Blogger).
Trolls only thrive in an environment where they are allowed to run around unchecked, and that is what most of social media is. There are plenty of tools that allow you to keep those people out of your comments while still allowing those who appreciate your words, thoughts, and content to fellowship with each other in a community of your own design.
It’s what the social web was originally about, and we desperately need to get back to that.”
Read the full article here.
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