[duskwuff]

> Personal blogs aren't going to disappear, there's right now more of them than ever!

I'm not at all convinced. The personal blog, as it existed in the 2000s/2010s, is essentially dead. There are certainly still some sites which operate on that model - most commonly, in my experience, ones operated by professional authors or artists - but those, too, are increasingly rare.

In fact, I think this is an aspect of a broader trend - having a personal web site is increasingly uncommon. The default nowadays is to post your creations or experiences on social media, and to create communities within hosted services like Reddit or Discord.

[margalabargala]

There's a difference between a personal blog and a personal website. I'll agree the amount of updates to personal websites is likely declining.

Personal blogs are not necessarily self hosted. Substack is very popular and not uncommon nor dying.

[duskwuff]

> Personal blogs are not necessarily self hosted. Substack is very popular and not uncommon nor dying.

That isn't necessarily quite as personal as a personal blog from the era I'm remembering, though. My impression is that Substack blogs (as well as similar sites like Medium) are typically used for content about particular topics, deliberately crafted to appeal to the interests of some audience. They're more akin to a newspaper column than a diary, if that comparison makes sense.

Some contemporary social media sites which operated on this model were LiveJournal and Xanga.