This whole uproar over Jason Calacanis quitting blogging has to be one of the most ludicrous bitchmemes / bitchfeeds ever. I was going to go back and read over all of this stuff from the past couple days, but then I realize what a complete and utter waste of my time that would be.

Calacanis is quitting blogging and has started instead to spread his thoughts on an email list — yes, an email list. This is 2008 let me remind you. He sent the first one out today. I didn’t sign up because I don’t want and/or need any more emails than I already get. Plenty of folks have reposted what he said on their own blogs however (big surprise there) and Steven Hodson has a nice breakdown of the bullshit.

Allen Stern thinks this is all just to spread the word on Mahalo. Maybe, but more it’s just silly. And what’s sillier is how much we are all talking about it both in the blogosphere and on FriendFeed (yes, I realize that with this post I now am as well – funny how that works, huh?).

Blogs are not dead, blogging is not going to die. Calacanis will be back blogging in a few months time. Just wait until there is something he feels like he needs to talk about and actually wants people to hear. Do you think he is going to use a mailing list with a thousand people on it? No.

From the things I did read, he has some fair points, but they are points that have been discussed ad naseum about comment trolls, etc. That’s the Internet, you have to take the good with the bad. And the good far outweighs the bad so you deal with it.

With all that said, ladies and gentleman, I’d like to announce that I’m quitting blogging and will now send messages via carrier pigeon only. If you’d like to receive one please put out some bird feed for my pigeon in your backyard.