A new blogging platform may rival Wordpress, Blogger and Tumblr, if Digg founder Kevin Rose pushes through with his "tiny" idea.
On Sunday, the Google Ventures partner and web celebrity tweeted an idea that, if it came to be, could revolutionize the way people blog. Rose called the idea "Tiny Blog" and envisions a minimalist blogging platform that would allow readers to get a glimpse of the blogger and his world while he writes.
It would work this way: the platform would capture the blogger and what is going on in his immediate environment as he writers via web cam. This will be used as the background for the text and will be presented as either a video or a still photo. A prototype video of how the blogging platform would work is available on YouTube.
Apparently, some people are not comfortable with the idea. "I like the idea of taking a snapshot of the author and their physical context while they are writing but the second part about being able to see the author in real time just seems creepy [sic] and unnecessary [sic]. If an author wants to be seen then wouldn't vlogging be better?" writes one YouTube user.
Rose acknowledged that the moving image would be distracting but the original idea was to lock a picture as the background. He also says that the moving video may feel creepy but it is new and different in a fun way and he wanted to include it as an idea.
"The theme I really like here is exposing the environment of the blogger. I don't think this would make sense for large corporate blogs, but it could be a fun modern take/throwback to the days of personal publishing sites like LiveJournal etc.," Rose explains.
Watching how popular bloggers write and while they are in their creative process is something some people may find interesting but this could create an awkward situation so the photos or videos would also be filtered and slightly blurred to prevent readers from seeing too much.
Rose says that Tiny Blog is just an idea and he's not building the product now but he's looking for feedback from his fans.
