To Blog or Not To Blog

Have blogs given way to social media?

I know that if you want to catch up on the latest things that are going on with the majority of the Wyrdsmiths, you'd have a much better time of it following any one of us on Facebook or Twitter than checking here on a regular basis. I'm probably the only notable exception. I actually prefer the long-form, that is to say, the blog, over the sound byte-ness of Twitter, especially. (I actually prefer Facebook to Twitter or foursquare or "whatever the kids are into these days", but that might just be because I'm old.)

I used to look forward to everyone's detailed con report after the weekend, but now I'm expected to catch a play-by-play in 140 characters or less as it happens.

I'm so old school I still work pretty hard to keep up on a nearly-daily basis on my livejournal. I don't know that most of us bother any more. So my question is: do people (besides me) blog any more? Do people still find it useful? Your lack of response will speak volumes, no doubt.