I think that talks about the decline of blogging are more about the question if eventually - say - every human will have a blog, or if they instead will end up with a more lightweight solution like Twitter or FriendFeed. The direction early adopters (and this has quite a big intersection with the early bloggers I think) are taking can be indicative of that. The question is: Will blogging prove tiring for some early bloggers? I think it will. Doing at least "something" on social media will always be part of their lifestyle though. - Meryn Stol

I also think blogging will be considered optional in online participation, not a requirement. Using your blog as personal "hub" for your identity could very well be replaced by a service that only aggregates activity elsewhere, perhaps with the option of adding some static content (about page, contact page, and such). - Meryn Stol

Not everyone is interested in telling elaborate stories or writing essays. Small stories fit easily into the FriendFeed share box. You can even add a few pictures if you wish. - Meryn Stol