agree, you can also clearly see this in how platforms like tumblr have "evolved" to be peoples place to share short attention-span stuff. Blogging is becoming more of a mixture of FB feeds/twitter for most people.
the promise of blogging for me has always been the ability to have my own printing press and know that nearly everyone else in the world had access to one as well.
i'm still trying to understand how this "evolution" has actually decreased the quality of communication.
Then again, this versatility has its drawbacks. We're constantly challenged by the complexity of building a mobile viewport onto WordPress and present it in a way that makes reading, discussing and sharing this kind of content. The options for publishers are limitless and translating that to mobile in a way that makes sense is really non-trivial.
In core WordPress we'll track our progress and discuss over on the Make/Mobile blog. Feel free to chime in there! http://make.wordpress.org/mobile
the promise of blogging for me has always been
the ability to have my own printing press and know
that nearly everyone else in the world had access
to one as well.