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Excerpt: The Title is somewhat true but it’s not just Twitter,  Social Media and Networking sites are affecting blog engagement and comments in particular. Social Media is partially responsible and was definitely a catalyst for change in the habits of the linkeroti (not a spelling mistake think link rot) and according to some stats and forecasts this could get worse before it gets better. This is the second post on blog engagement with more to come! In the first Twitter: Blog Engagement Killer or Lazy Linkeratti? I discussed the phenomena of decreasing blog engagement on one of my favorite blogs. I first started to think about this…

In 2009 Twitter Put Blog Engagement into a Death Spiral is a post from: Cloud Mixer - Mixing New Media Ideas

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Excerpt: I read another narcisitic article from the newspaper industry locally (offline) talking about the new media age, and debating back and forth on whether independant online publishers (i.e. bloggers) will be good or bad for media as a whole. Yada yada ya. The argument suggested that their superiority lies in the fact that online sources of information are often misleading at best, whereas traditional printed media check their sources more thoroughly – giving them much more trust. Its not the first time I’ve heard the war cry, and frankly its starting to get a bit old. A resonating theme within the article…

Bloggers are here to stay. Get over it. is a post from: Cloud Mixer - Mixing New Media Ideas