Published at LXer:
Blogging had already 'jumped the shark,' when it became easy for the average person to create a blog with downloaded software installed on their own web space, be that a physical, wholly owned server, a leased server, a virtual private server, or a shared-hosting account. We don't need to depend on Google/Blogger, Wordpress.com, Livejournal, Tumblr or Typepad to run a blog for us. This is a good thing, and it is a good thing to have the option of doing this with social networking as well.
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