by DMtShooter, Five Tool Tool
Inspired by this link, and the ever upcoming Blogmageddon...
10. Google Image Search stops bringing back results for the word "wanking"
9. General public loses interest in cell phone pictures of drunken athletes
8. Recession deepens, ending wildly lucrative online advertising contracts
7. Zombie networks of anonymous commenters hurt our feelings once and for all
6. Audience fragmentation accelerates to the point where everyone has their own group blog
5. Net neutrality fails, allowing ISPs to limit or censor access to snark and poon-heavy sites
4. Lawyers and politicians sue sports bloggers for libel, copyright infringement and libraries of porn
3. Old media visionaries like Bill Conlin, Stephen A. Smith, Sam Smith, Jay Mariotti and the guy who draws "Ziggy" all start blogging, taking away all of our audiences
2. Times get so tough, Mom raises the rent, forcing us all to, you know, get jobs
1. It stops being about the blogging, man
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
TOP 10 THREATS TO THE SPORTS BLOGOSPHERE
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You might want to include this article from the NY Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/06/technology/06sweat.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=bloggers&st=nyt&oref=slogin
Apparently, we're dropping like flies.
Fat, desk-ridden flies...
Actually, I considered that piece, but 2 bloggers doesn't make a trend, and they were in tech and political circles. Also, the Times clearly has a financial interest in making people too scared to blog....
Brilliant
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