I love the idea of collaborative blogging. I havn’t seen this done too often, but when it does pop up, it turns out to be really fruitful. Johnny Beloved is a collaborative blog where there are a few authors that write articles for the site. There are so many individual blogs out there that it is quite the anomaly to find one that isnt focused on the individual but on the collective. There are a few reasons I believe that collaborative blogging can be helpful:

• More authors = less stress - One singular author doesnt have the weight of filling the blog with substantive articles on her own. This role is shared.
• More authors = better content - The authors dont have to fill their site with a bunch of “filler” material in between high-quality posts. If you have 3 authors, you now have 3-times the amount of high quality posts, and the need for filler is gone.
• More authors = diverse perspectives - Pretty self-explanatory
• More authors = more readers - If a collaborative blog has 3 authors who write high-caliber articles, the chances of gaining more readers (notice I didnt say participaters!) is much higher.
• More authors = collective thought - The multiple authors can brainstorm together as to series’ and blog ideas they may be interested in.

So, is collaborative blogging the future?  Im not sure, but I think that it will definitely play a large roll in the blogosphere. At least I hope so.  But maybe bloggers today are too self centered to be involved in anything collaborative.  Maybe we want all the recognition and glory for ourselves and a collective blog might not give us enough credit. We shall see.