How new, then, is bloggery? Should we think of it as a by-product of the modern means of communication and a sign of a time when newspapers seem doomed to obsolescence? It makes the most of technical innovationsâthe possibility of constant contact with virtual communities by means of web sites and the premium placed on brevity by platforms such as Twitter with its limit of 140 characters per message. Yet blog-like messaging can be found in many times and places long before the Internet.
Here, for example, is a recent post on The Superficial:
RadarOnline reports âtraditional marriageâ crusader and former Miss California Carrie Prejean is living in sin with her fiancé Kyle Boller of the St. Louis Rams where theyâre no doubt eating shellfish. BURN THEM!
And here is a typical entry from Le Gazetier cuirassé ou anecdotes scandaleuses de la cour de France (1771):
Mlle. Romans is soon to marry M. de Croismare, Governor of the Ecole Militaire, who will use six aides de camp to take his place in performing the conjugal service.
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Oh dear. I wonder where one might find six aides de camp these days. While is it apparent that blogging is a phenomenon that has developed through the centuries, good aides de camp have gotten very hard to come by.
6 aides de camp and I bet they still couldn't find the clit, let alone a g-spot.
Whaaaaaat
Yikes.
You seem to be equating "blogging" or "bloggery" with gossip.
Is that actually how you feel?