Thank You.

Robert Scoble wrote a reflective piece yesterday on Why tech blogging has failed you. In it, he discusses what he sees as a trend in tech blogging toward focusing only on “the next big thing” instead of exploring topics in depth and providing valuable insight, tips, and examples.

He also cites as failures: lack of focus on community-building, groupthink and lack of originality when many A-list bloggers all write about the same thing at the same time with little variation, and the unproductive, vitriolic nature of some commenters who spend their time and energy attacking the bloggers who wrote the posts on which they’re commenting – and each other.

It got me thinking that I’m lucky to have such a great community of readers and participants here.

You take the time out of your busy days to read my posts. You leave excellent, thoughtful comments. You’ve written valuable guest posts and guest series’. I’m grateful for all of you, for your involvement at every level, and I just want to say thank you to all of you.

I like having a community here that I can share my ideas with, learn from your comments & posts, and share a common interest in wikis, their many uses in organizations, and strategies for effectively growing use.

So, thanks! I hope you keep finding value in this blog, and I’ll keep posting ideas, tips, examples, and thoughts. I’m also working on some exciting new things I’ll be telling you all about very soon, so stay tuned!

BTW, If any of you would like to write a guest post or two, or have an idea for a series (that you’d like to write, or just suggest), let me know!

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  1. No, thank you :)

    Ok, so I’ve never left a comment before, but have read your stuff.

    It’s a good point and one that I questioned recently. When blogging started it was much more about community, but without all the fancy features that we now have. Many blogs have now lost that and the bloggers are often under pressure to keep churning stuff out.

    I’m at the point where I want to know my readers, each and every one of them and am really tempted to create my own selfish social network based around me and my interests. It kind of sounds egotistical, but I’m not interested in numbers. I want relationships. I want to know who is interested in the stuff I write. I want to start conversations with people who don’t openly leave comments.

    Yes it’s possible to leave a mark/comment like this, but it doesn’t necessarily make people feel a true part of your story.

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