hmm

"Lohan's blog has since taken its place in the Internet's fastest growing graveyard- of an estimated 200 million blogs that have been started and then abandoned. The extraordinary failure rate of online dairies and claims that interest in blogging will soon begin a precipitous slide are sparking an intriguing debate about the future of self-expression on the Internet, and whether blogs, once seen as revolutionary, are destined to become a footnote in the history of computing.
According to research by a firm of US technology analysts, the blogging phenomenon may have peaked last October, when 100 000 new blogs were being created every day (are you kidding me!?). As well as personal diaries these included corporate, professional, celebrity and other specialist blogs. Yet the Gartner research firm also concluded that the trend would level off in 2007, with perhaps 100 million people still blogging worldwide. other analysts predict that number will fall to 30 million. most analysts consider a blog defunct if the writer had not been heard of for more that two months... not all bloggers are dishearted by the apparent peaking og the trend; many argue that the best blogs will survive and the world will ultimately be a better place f it doesnt have to read entries like this from [lindsay] Lohan: "Hey everyoneeeeeeeeeee!! Wattaup?"
(Sunday times, april 15)

not sure about a better place, or that the best will out live the crap, as think its more about blind determination and stupidity that keeps most people blogging. perhaps its just the hours of wasted time on the internet that keep me going. nah, i'll go with blind stupidity and lack of alternative time wasters. ha.