I had managed an English mailing list until a few years ago. It was not so major, but around active 10 members were always there. Before I started my mailing list, I had been a member of a huge English mailing list. But the number of the members was gradually decreasing, and then virtually stopped. Consequently, I started the mailing list on my own. However, it has gone.

Now it is very difficult to find an active English mailing list. I thought the reason why English mailing lists suddenly lost their popularity during a few years. The studying-English boom still continues in Japan. I have come to the conclusion that Blog has replaced Mailing list.

People who participated in English Mailing lists just wanted to write English for study and sometimes receive comments from others. But a mailing list sometimes bothers you with a lot of mail. Of course you could set up your own web site and write English on the board, but who browses your site out of a million of web sites?

Blog is just a personal diary, but you can easily find the same topics and blog owners who have the same hobby and interests. Above all, you can write something at your own pace. Even if you are the owner, you do not need to manage other members because you are the only member on the blog.

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