But while personal blogging may have waned, professional blogs (like this one) have thrived. There are new, lightweight blogging communities springing up, too - Tumblr and Posterous being the most prominent examples (see Posterous vs. Tumblr: A Head to Head). These platforms are much less about long-form writing and more about instantly sharing snapshots of life: photos, videos, quotes and audio clips. But these still require you to update them everyday, and for a single writer, it's tough to maintain a flow of new content and ideas.
Enter Tumblr Submissions, a Tumblr feature launched earlier this week that makes the blogging process totally collaborative. Building upon recent successes with Eat Sleep Draw, This is why you’re fat and Cute Overload, the service has made this form of community blogging available to all.
In short, you can now set up a blog on, say, cute cat pictures, or the best graffiti in Brooklyn, or long-exposure photography, enable submissions on the Customize page and wait for the new content to flood in via the web or email.
With free content from your readers, what's your excuse for not updating your blog?
