The future of the political blog
March 13, 2017![DW Shift Die Zukunft der politischen Blogs](https://static.dw.com/image/36554989_800.webp)
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Blogger Hossein Derakhshan alias Hoder was among Iran's best known bloggers. In early 2000, his directions for blogging, written in Farsi, triggered a blog revolution in Iran - and put him behind bars for years. Today, he says blogs are dead; the internet has become an entertainment medium and is no longer a place for social or political debate.