Something is going on here
Well except for the fact that people can’t help but put an ‘r’ on the end of their web offerings (for example, WayMarkr). First twitter blows up, now we have tumblelogs, abbreviated web logs for people who don’t have the time to keep up their blog. According to wikipedia, the word was coined in October of 2005 but maybe the time wasn’t right then.
So here is the trend for content: the words are getting shorter as are the entries. The individual entries are loosing their substance as their value is the aggregate. We are being overwhelmed and this is how we react.
