Where Did Everyone Go?
I’ve been an avid blog reader for years. As long as I’ve had my own… possibly longer. I read a huge variety of topics, too. From personal blogs (or “journals”) to tech/gadget stuff, marketing, SEO and code to cooking and cats (but not cooking cats). However, it seems that of late all of my favourite bloggers have buggered off and I’ve got nothing to read.
Last updated: Amber, January 24th; Vixx, January 30th; Belinda, January 17th; Claire; February 17th; Karl; February 8th… what’s a girl to do?
Beg for new material, yay! If you know of a blog that you think I’d be interested in — or maybe you read mine and think I should return the favour — please post your links so that I can go on a reading rampage.
Rhys said:
On 08 Mar at 6:15 pm
Me: Friday, with a post scheduled for tomorrow :)
I’m still chugging along, but I’ve found similar. Not least the commenters have dropped off! Is it because the second you stop blogging, you stop reading blogs?
Emsz said:
On 08 Mar at 6:35 pm
I feel the same way about some of the blogs I read. Especially Amber’s, she used to blog so much, and now she has just sort of disappeared >.<
If you want to read about the ramblings of a seventeen year old that is basically interested in everything ( :P ) you could try reading mine. I warn you though, I don’t always make a lot of sense xD
Aisling said:
On 08 Mar at 7:11 pm
Don’t read my blog. I haven’t written anything interesting in about a month. :P
Mumblies said:
On 08 Mar at 7:14 pm
Sorry – I bloggeth not.
Katy said:
On 08 Mar at 7:17 pm
me: a few days ago. But I only write about boring stuff, I think haha
Josh said:
On 08 Mar at 7:28 pm
It is a shame, yes I can’t think of any bad blogs which have become dusty, it’s only decent ones horribly.
Also, me me me me me. Me. Now that’s a good blogger. Certainly a decent cure for insomnia, at least, he says, remembering that modesty is the best policy.
Manda said:
On 08 Mar at 7:39 pm
I blog regularly, and even though I try to make all my posts interesting on some level, I don’t think I always succeed. :P
Cecelia said:
On 08 Mar at 8:41 pm
I feel the same way. It’s horrible how all the "good ones" inevitably leaves the whole blogging-thing. I think almost all of my favourite bloggers from just a year ago have closed shop and it’s so difficult to start following someone new – especially if it’s a personal blog, which is what I am mainly interested in..
And those who are not too busy to blog seem to move on to subjects that I am in no way interested in.. It’s tough..
I would suggest that you read my blog, but I am not sure if it’s the sort of blog you’d be interested in.. But how should I know..?!
chanel said:
On 08 Mar at 8:51 pm
I’m still here, if you’re looking for some black girl rants.
Cindy said:
On 08 Mar at 9:16 pm
I agree! Perhaps offline life has been keeping everybody busy, hence the unannounced hiatuses as of late. :(
Amber said:
On 08 Mar at 9:35 pm
I think, um, my blog… died… without my realisation. o.O
It’s one of those decision moments where you think: "Do I reform it and blog regularly again?" or just realise that you’re just incapable of doing it these days.
Funnily enough, I still keep up with everybody else’s blogs still.
Clem said:
On 08 Mar at 10:47 pm
I don’t know about everyone else, but winter makes me lazy. Add that to a huge dose of NO INSPIRATION, and you have one neglected blog. :P
Anita said:
On 08 Mar at 11:08 pm
One of my recent favorites:
http://photoshopdisasters.blogspot.com/
Sometimes they wrongly accuse people, but either way It’s darn funny if you ask me.
Katie said:
On 09 Mar at 12:16 am
I know what you mean, but for me it’s all my friends and affiliates shutting down or ceasing to update.
I don’t blog that often, but I update almost daily with something. Does that count?
Macca said:
On 09 Mar at 12:23 am
You could always stop by my blog, but it’s pretty infrequently updated, and probably of no interest to you. ;)
Amanda said:
On 09 Mar at 12:44 am
I’m 99.5% certain you read the posts on my blog that don’t have "fashion" in the entry title, so there’s no point linking you to mine. :P
I expect you already read fmylife.com, and if not, why not? It provides me with at least half an hours entertainment every day through my feedreader.
Otherwise, I tend to like Asian humour sites (e.g. my mom is a fob, my dad is a fob, disgrasian), my favourite frugality/simple living blog is wisebread.com, and onlineopinion.com.au is great for Australia-centric editorials. :)
Mae said:
On 09 Mar at 1:37 am
You might want to read guitarchic.net and taintedsong.com :) relly great writers :D
Hev said:
On 09 Mar at 2:28 am
I am having the same problem, Jem. You don’t read mine, but I doubt that you are all the interested in me.
Stephanie said:
On 09 Mar at 7:19 am
"or maybe you read mine and think I should return the favour"
That makes me LOL.
Belinda said:
On 09 Mar at 7:34 am
Awww thanks for remembering my neglected lil’ blog. Working full-time, studying part-time and living out for the first time ever has really sapped my spare time, and I still have yet to find a workable balance to throw in blogging. I do LJ more often and you’re already on the filtered list of my friends. :D
FYI though, I have google reader opened permanently as a tab on firefox so I read every single one of the blogs I’ve subscribed to which definitely includes yours! I don’t comment too often, but I still love reading all your entries!
Chanel said:
On 09 Mar at 8:11 am
I’ve noticed this too – many of the blogs I used to read (particularly in the Snark circle and almost all of those you mentioned) haven’t updated in ages. I miss them! Hopefully you writing this might inspire them to start up again? :)
You know, it’s strange – while many of the blogs I used to follow haven’t updated in ages, I am blogging more often now than ever before (everyday, actually). Funny how that works!
Terri said:
On 09 Mar at 8:46 am
You can read mine if you like. I blog at least once every couple of days; my last post was last night (early this morning).
Won’t be offended if you don’t read though, of course!
It’s a shame that some bloggers seem to fall off the face of the planet, but I guess "Life Happens" and sometimes things besides blogging take priority :(
Vixx said:
On 09 Mar at 9:15 am
Life’s mental. End of. When that happens, it’s hard to fit in much else. :P
Am going into hospital today though, so I’ll be laid up for at least two weeks from here on in. That’s bound to get a new entry out of me!!
V xx
Skye said:
On 09 Mar at 11:51 am
I come by here daily even if I don’t always comment. You can give chickadee.me a try if you would like :). Don’t know if there would be anything of interest, though.
Chien Yee said:
On 09 Mar at 3:58 pm
A lot of the good bloggers are disappearing. I’m sure you won’t want to read mine since it’s basically updated very infrequently and it’s filled with ramblings of a crazy teenager :P I’ve got suggestions, but they’re in your blogroll so yeah.
Claire said:
On 09 Mar at 6:20 pm
Bless your heart! In my defence, I’ve a TMA due (on a 9 month long, level 3 course) this week that’s worth 40% of my final mark … Argh!
Ann said:
On 09 Mar at 6:26 pm
As opposed to those commenters who have said "oh no, you won’t like mine" but are still hoping that you’ll add them to your feed, I TOTALLY think you need to return the favour and read mine.
Lol, I just read Karl’s blog. Fixed the tap yet?
(And no, I don’t have any other blogs for you to read which you won’t have heard of through Snark or TQB).
Peter Green said:
On 09 Mar at 10:17 pm
Seems you have plenty of people reading yours!
I should get the ‘T’ shirt that says ‘No one reads my blog’!
I know at least one person does, but the reason (and I’m coming to the point now!) is that it’s probably not worth reading but you are of course welcome to if you are really bored! ;-)
Latrina said:
On 09 Mar at 11:41 pm
Doesn’t it tend to happen to most bloggers? — a randomly long break? Or maybe it’s just me. :) I have actually been pretty good at blogging, but that’s probably because I actually have things to write about this year. So many entry ideas going through my head now a days.
Well, good luck on your hunt for new reading material! I actually have just recently came across a good bit of nice blogs. I’m part of Blog Catalog — most of which are just a bunch of horrible websites.. but every once in a while you’ll find a good one. :)
Brigitte said:
On 10 Mar at 12:26 am
Hey! I blog once to twice a day! ;3
Chans said:
On 10 Mar at 10:21 am
I noticed them disappearing too, it’s a shame, I liked reading their blogs. Maybe offline life got in the way of things, which happens to me a lot too, but for some reason I can never really seem to stay away from blogging.
Aisling said:
On 11 Mar at 1:07 am
Your mom… sorry "mum"… should have a blog. She SHOULD. :P
amber said:
On 11 Mar at 2:53 am
hey, kettle? meet pot. you’re both black.
Jem said:
On 11 Mar at 9:05 am
Yeah, ’cause last blogging a few days ago is SO the same as last blogging 2 months ago..
Christine said:
On 11 Mar at 4:02 pm
It comes and goes in waves I find. Life is tooo busy! I really wish society was built on 4 day work weeks so that we could have enough time on our days off to actually get stuff done and relax.
Although… My problem is I crochet too much ~_~
Erin said:
On 11 Mar at 5:01 pm
This site is wonderful when it comes to recipes and general cookery: http://thepioneerwoman.com/ I love her cooking section. And I enjoy looking at her pictures and reading her stories too. http://smittenkitchen.com/ is another cooking site I really enjoy.
Otherwise a bunch of the personal sites I read are slowing down with posting too. I’ve added more to my surf page, but I imagine you’ve seen most of them before because the newer ones are people who belong to your circle.
Mimi said:
On 13 Mar at 1:44 am
When I start blogging again you can come to my blog. :( You know why I haven’t been blogging and I’ve been shying away from blogging controversial topics which is unfortunately what was drawing so many readers for a while there. *sigh* I guess I need to use my brain some more. :|
adastra said:
On 16 Mar at 11:03 am
Lately I’ve been trying to make my blog posts interesting because I think that "what-I-did-today" posts are usually not very exciting, that’s kinda why I haven’t been blogging much in the past few months…