“Who knows? We may even be willing to pay to read their blogs…” This part is very true. people are now willing to pay bloggers to continue writing for one reason or the other. many are paying directly and some are indirectly to make sure these bloggers write. though the money is not that big, the impact is much bigger than “asteroids” in some developping countries…

hakim

I just heard your BBC piece today about the, shall we say, futility of blogging. I have to agree. I run an information website and email list devoted to an obscure energy conversion technology. Like you, I don’t work too hard at generating web traffic or income, so I don’t get much of either. Why indeed should you (or I) give away my thoughts for free? Increasingly I’m questioning the whole idea. It’s a combination of ‘is anybody listening?’ and ‘what’s in it for me?’.

Then again, it doesn’t cost much either. And it’s not as if I can sell my opinions to someone else!

Thanks for your piece.

— Cronin B. Vining