Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social

Haha ... maybe that's another possible start to the classic period?

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Peter Merholz @peterme.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 23:44 UTC

1999 feels right, with Blogger. It very quickly brought blogging to, if not the mainstream, a far bigger audience. Though maybe true Golden Age begins with the rise of WordPress in 2004. That’s when there were multiple platforms. The rise of Tumblr, then Twitter, suggests a new age around 2008-9.

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Bix @slow.dog [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 22:36 UTC

I feel like if the classic period started in 1999, 2016 is way too last for the end of it. I feel like closer to the advent of Twitter would close off the classic period?

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Erik Wennstrom (Dr. When) @drwhen.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 00:18 UTC

I think your original timing is about right. There were certainly blogs before blogging software and even before the word "blog" (I had a "web diary" back in 1996), but they didn't have the same kind of feel to them.

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