tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post8856207262080396030..comments2024-01-23T16:53:02.428+00:00Comments on Mark Thompson: The state of bloggingMark Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00744387583593537268noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post-10839667786980715392012-10-08T11:50:39.286+01:002012-10-08T11:50:39.286+01:00I had a good think about that. It feels petty - it...I had a good think about that. It feels petty - it IS petty - but I think it's layout.<br /><br />Offline, my "natural" newspaper home, on the rare occasions that I still buy one, is the Independent. Online, I get almost all my news from the Guardian, with the Telegraph a distant second and the Indie languishing further behind. Before the revamp I never used to go there at all. It was the difference between being able to see the content you wanted to view, instantly, and having to take a few seconds.<br /><br />Trivial as it sounds, it's the same experience at D&C. The "recent posts" section always seems to indicate that the site hasn't been updated for over a week, even when I know that's not the case. But there's no logical structure to the way posts are grouped or laid out, and with so much choice out there, it just drives me elsewhere. Feels trivial and I'd love to say my blog reading habits are determined by ideology, quality of content and so on but it's the truth with me.<br /><br />Another minor bugbear of mine: blogs where you can't read the whole post on the home page but are faced with a "continue reading" button.eoghanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02408335744825873080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post-46804561961953775442012-10-07T13:58:19.691+01:002012-10-07T13:58:19.691+01:00Thanks for your kind words Eoghan.
I would be int...Thanks for your kind words Eoghan.<br /><br />I would be interested in hearing you expand on how you consider D&C to be a failure. I think there are some writers on there who are excellent (e.g. Jerry Hayes, Peter Watt) and it has probably brought them to a wider audience although the frequency of posts seems to have tailed off more recently (and I include myself in that). But what specifically is your issue with it?<br />Mark Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00744387583593537268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3881762807913180318.post-45874683228422355452012-10-07T13:00:18.204+01:002012-10-07T13:00:18.204+01:00Nice one Mark.
Dale & Co is a failure for me....Nice one Mark.<br /><br />Dale & Co is a failure for me. I used to read Iain Dale's old-school blog fairly religously, but barely check the new site. Huffington Post also represents a missed opportunity for me.<br /><br />Perhaps I just don't like change, but what brings me back here again and again (along with LDV, Guido and Liberal Conspiracy and the occasional check of ConHome it's the only place I go outside the mainstream broadsheet sites) is that it "feels" like a true blog. You've still got a one-man operation, with purely personal views, on a simple Blogger layout. That makes it quite comforting. The fact that pretty much everything you say is right may be a factor too :-)eoghanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02408335744825873080noreply@blogger.com