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Blogging is Dumb, Stupid and Successful
cornwallseo.com — Most blogs are dumb, even the successful ones. The ones about blogging. Everyone is looking for that next quick fix. Like a bunch of cyber junkies. Only our drug of choice is knowledge. It ’s no ones fault. We are plagued by the seemingly easy success of others and can’t understand why we can’t be as successful.
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- razishaban, on 10/10/2007, -2/+60Wow. A blogger telling us how dumb he is.
- sockpuppets, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9It's blog... It's better than bad... it's good!
- EnderMB, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Dugg for Ren & Stimpy reference.
- suxmonkey, on 10/10/2007, -1/+61LOL, well, that's the first mistake most bloggers make: wow, I'm blogging a lot, and I need stuff to blog about, I guess I better blog about blogging a lot, because other bloggers who blog about blogging a lot will love me for it!
- Lyndoman, on 10/10/2007, -1/+18It used to be when people wanted to write they would have a stab at the novel, most end up unfinished and does not escape into the world. Blogging allows the malformed creature freedom before it is trained, rampaging round the place waiting to be put down like a rabid dog.
- spyrochaete, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Not at all. It sounds to me like you assume that blog posts are serial, each adding to the last. That's not often the way it's done. Think of each blog post as an essay, not a chapter in the same book. The author of this article, who is a search engine optimization specialist, will be the first to tell you that each post is a potential entry point to your entire blog, so you have to make each post stand on its own (and better yet, provide links to related posts).
- Fragowell, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I think point he was making was that bloggers (to an extent) are writing and publishing their work before they've really put in the work to develop their writing skills. Basically it gives a lot of amateurs and hacks a big platform.
- spyrochaete, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Maybe, but that's the point! That's what makes the internet so great (and so suicidal) - anyone can be a content author. You only improve with practise, and I personally have learned some hard lessons by posting idiotic things under public scrutiny. Hopefully those idiotic things won't get me fired some day, but if it does I can apply for my next job and show how much my writing has improved these past 2 years.
- billygotee, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Nah, I disagree. The difficulty of getting published in a magazine or book by a prestigious publisher somehow guarantees a certain level of skill. A reader of blogs must sift through a lot, and I mean a lot, of ***** -- in fact I have yet to find a blog that's in my opinion worth reading. A blogger has no one reviewing their work before it's posted, no one does their editing but themselves, and there's no one to grab them by the collar to say, "Hey. . .that's a little too sentimental, you may embarrass yourself. You should wait a bit." Or worse, "You really are a bad writer. . .stop please." And publishers have a way of making the latter clear too. I'm not at all saying blogs are stupid financially -- I saw a high schooler's blog had earned $500 or so for the month of July. Sure, I'd have said that he needed a good decade of practice still before writing for readers, but there's no arguing with numbers. But everything is going for cheap right now on the internet, a day is likely coming soon enough when it won't be easy to make money blogging about every darned thing you can pull out of the air, you will have to be signed by a well known online publisher once again. My semi-uninformed prophecy based off of pure guess. . .
- Fragowell, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I think point he was making was that bloggers (to an extent) are writing and publishing their work before they've really put in the work to develop their writing skills. Basically it gives a lot of amateurs and hacks a big platform.
- spyrochaete, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Not at all. It sounds to me like you assume that blog posts are serial, each adding to the last. That's not often the way it's done. Think of each blog post as an essay, not a chapter in the same book. The author of this article, who is a search engine optimization specialist, will be the first to tell you that each post is a potential entry point to your entire blog, so you have to make each post stand on its own (and better yet, provide links to related posts).
- synaesthesia, on 10/10/2007, -1/+14Blogs are like mental diarrhea, spattering from the blogger's mind, onto the keyboard and subsequently, onto my monitor in a steaming pile of half-coherent thoughts and ill-expressed ideas.
- oldhick, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Well said.
- spyrochaete, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5I disagree. I'm a blogger and as such I feel an affinity with my fellow self-published authors and with the medium as a whole. I think it's the coolest publishing format out there today, it's something I'm genuinely interested in and knowledgeable about, and thus I've enjoyed writing about it a couple of times.
Your point I disagree with is that you assume we write about blogging so that other bloggers will love us. Who cares? Like all art, writers must write for themselves. If you try to create art for the masses then you will alienate the purists who would otherwise have been your greatest fans. As a blogger I'd much prefer 1 subscriber over 10 lookie-loos.
- Lyndoman, on 10/10/2007, -1/+18It used to be when people wanted to write they would have a stab at the novel, most end up unfinished and does not escape into the world. Blogging allows the malformed creature freedom before it is trained, rampaging round the place waiting to be put down like a rabid dog.
- allaboutdatiki, on 10/10/2007, -6/+16Like a dog that runs around biting its own tail, is blogging about blogging like the proverbial coffee table book about coffee tables?
- Lyndoman, on 10/10/2007, -1/+14Newspapers talk about newspapers, TV talks about TV, books talk about books. So why the hell be down on a blog talking about blogging? If you read the article you would understand.
- foxhaze, on 10/10/2007, -14/+4Bloggers are dumb, stupid, and succesful.
- Error601, on 10/10/2007, -13/+1The dumb ones are the opinion ones, especially politics. The old axiom holds true. Opinions are like ass holes...everyone has one and they all stink.
- nishugoyal, on 10/10/2007, -9/+3wht was the point the author was trying to make .. and how come in the world its a news :-/
- rejoined, on 10/15/2007, -13/+3The word is *what*, dumbass. What, are you making your comment from a PDA or a phone with web access?
And, why in the world. do most indians type like that? Is it like a fashion among indians to mercilessly chop and mutiliate words. Well, it's not fashionable on Digg. So take your pre-90s AOL speak, and shove it up your rear end. Blocked.
And yeah, this is an open forum, so if you don't like my suggestion, feel free to *block* me too. And, that goes for other politically correct Diggers. - rejoined, on 10/10/2007, -5/+2You have a valid point there, *doomrat*. Yes, I shouldn't have spun my comment into a racist innuendo. But it comes from frustration.
I've been maintaining an email for the past 7-8 years, and it's mostly used for work related, especially for sending out resumes..looking for better offers out there. And somehow my email has ended up in the hands of stupid, ***** indian headhunters and job pimps, who all (the figure is almost 99.9%) in their supposedly official emails, uses words like *u*, *r*, *wht*, *shd*.
So excuse me, if I've arrived at the conclusion that most indians having a fascination for chopped off sms sounding words, as if it's something ***** cool. Well, cool for them maybe, but I don't want their crappy lingo shoved down my throat. Also, I would have understood if this was a SMS/MMS message from somebody.
But still, as you have pointed out, I probably shouldn't have laced my comment with racist overtones. I guess, I got carried away. Like I did just now. Dugg you up for pointing me my stupidity. - TaranWalker, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1...there is a reply button, guys, but I do agree with doomrat's statement...
...as to the offending comment that started this whole thing...wait...rejoined, you posted below, too? That's it. If you're gonna block nishugoyal for butchering, flaying, massacring, and flat-out annihilating the English language, I'm gonna block your pre-90's AOL inability to hit "reply"...
- rejoined, on 10/15/2007, -13/+3The word is *what*, dumbass. What, are you making your comment from a PDA or a phone with web access?
- rejoined, on 10/15/2007, -19/+2The word is *what*, dumbass. What, are you making your comment from a PDA or a phone with web access?
And, why in the world. do most indians type like that? Is it like a fashion among indians to mercilessly chop and mutiliate words. Well, it's not fashionable on Digg. So take your pre-90s AOL speak, and shove it up your rear end. Blocked.
And yeah, this is an open forum, so if you don't like my suggestion, feel free to *block* me too. And, that goes for other politically correct Diggers.- rejoined, on 10/10/2007, -8/+1Please bury this one. I have no idea how the previous comment meant for *nishugoya* appeared over here too.
- juicebag, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2It's called a typo.
- bhartzer, on 10/15/2007, -4/+11unfortunately all the dumb bloggers are successful.
- FreakyD, on 10/15/2007, -4/+11I'm going to blog about this
- gregdogum, on 10/15/2007, -0/+14The one thing I can't stand... bloggers blogging about blogging. Seriously, if that's all you can do, then please throw your computer out the window now.
- iMoth, on 10/10/2007, -3/+1throw your mom out the window
- nunney, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1This isn't bloggers blogging about blogging. It's a blogger blogging about bloggers blogging about blogging. Enough already.
- objectcode, on 10/15/2007, -7/+2digg, bury me
- jnadke, on 10/10/2007, -3/+2What a coincidence, Politicians share the same characterstics...
- objectcode, on 10/10/2007, -3/+0douche bag
- objectcode, on 10/10/2007, -4/+0*
- ninjacob, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4Yes, because blogs are just full of KNOWLEDGE. Maybe *opinion* is what he's talking about. There's too much ***** to sift through to gain any real knowledge on 99.9% of blogs.
- spyrochaete, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Knowledge is memorization. Wisdom is knowledge plus opinion.
- picsectionpleez, on 10/10/2007, -5/+7blogging = masturbation
- objectcode, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1only sex you are getting that doesn't involve some kind of animal
- picsectionpleez, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2I hope humans count as animals :)
- CheeseburgerBro, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5What -- you're dissing masturbation now? Methinks you protest too much. Now go wash your hands.
- objectcode, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1only sex you are getting that doesn't involve some kind of animal
- IllBeBack, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2I'm blogging about the awesome double bacon cheeseburger I just had at FatBurger. It was so good, I must write about it now!!!
Tomorrow, I'll be blogging about the blog about me writing about the FatBurger cheeseburger. It was the only thing I could think of. - synaesthesia, on 10/10/2007, -3/+3Blogga please, word round the blogosphere is that you aint nothin but a blog-ass son of a blog.
- tgilber, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2The irony is deafening.
- iMoth, on 10/10/2007, -4/+1your mom is deafening
- juicebag, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3IMO, the only blogs that are really good are ones which are operated by a group of professionals, about a particular subject, like Gizmodo and Kotaku.
- spyrochaete, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Your definition of a blog is probably too narrow. Check out The Dilbert Blog, Cute Overload, Michael Geist's blog, or one of my blogs Demodulated Mixtapes (google them). They're non-conventional.
- hockey, on 10/10/2007, -2/+7Everytime you write a blog God kills a puppy.
- objectcode, on 10/10/2007, -4/+0you must have been stoned and thought it would be a great idea to post this.
- With, on 10/10/2007, -2/+13I logged in just to bury this.
- codehkr, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8digg for the effort
- iMoth, on 10/10/2007, -4/+1i logged in just to bury your mom
- codehkr, on 10/10/2007, -5/+2Bloggers are people with no social skills and real friends. They used to write diaries, now they write blogs. Bunch of attention whores. If you value your privacy, keep the ***** to your self!
- Roads01, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2Does anyone else think that Dr. Steve-O is going to be a terrible show?
- fLUx1337, on 10/10/2007, -4/+1Blogging is dumb becasue your thoughts are dumb.
If you wan't a highly polished peice of literature, which is edited to avoid any lawsuits, go buy a book. If you wan't raw thoughts, go read a blog.
Blogs FTW, dumb, stupid, who cares, ITS YOURS! - trenchcoat, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Instead of blogging I'm going to post my uninformed thoughts on digg?
Really, how is that any different? - CheeseburgerBro, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1My blog is a stream of fully-formed, type-o checked original fiction that doesn't suck. I wish people didn't call it a "blog" but I suppose it's too much to expect for people to say "reverse chronological posting framework."
Still, my point is that there are a few blogs out there that don't fit the stupid, metawankery mold.
http://cheeseburgerbrown.blogspot.com- spyrochaete, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2typo-checked? :D
In my (unpopular) opinion, a "blog" is any kind of content hosted on a blog platform like WordPress or Blogger. However you define your content is up to the author. Kudos to you for coming up with a great concept that defies the conventional definition of this publishing format. - With, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1What happened to the days when they were called "personal home pages"? Was the Internet still v0.5 beta?
- spyrochaete, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2typo-checked? :D
- Klarth, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Blogging is dumb, stupid and... Redundant.
- saraht578, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1The horrible punctuation hurts my brain
- FBombAndy, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1I stopped reading after two paragraphs of poorly written *****...
- worstcomment, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0"blog"
- Tetraca, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Thank you captain obvious. What next, an article about how mindless celebrity news is?
- daizaru, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3Is it just me? or writing diatribe like:
"But you read most blogs, particularly blogs about blogging. And they offer small lumps of candy floss like posts. Sweet, atrractive but with zero nutrition. I’m not expecting to read huge, analytical posts all the time that need a Masters to get through. But some posts are just not worth the bytes they take up.
The reason this gets me annoyed is usually the writer has a lot more to give and it’s like they couldn’t be arsed or they read somewhere that it’s better to get a post out there and ping than wait till knowledge accumulates in the mental reservoir"
then ending your blog on this note:
"…and now I’m too tired to continue this line of thought. Marketing is persuasion, is about creating a dream like state which tells a story which seduces a person to act. But I need to sleep and if you are interested I will share my thoughts in a later post."
strike people as a little bit strange? I mean things like this I would link to for people to understand the true meaning of hypocrisy.- spyrochaete, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Yes, this is a really lame article that goes nowhere. It's on the front page of Digg because of the controversial title.
- thuugo, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Great article here http://www.conspiracycore.com/?p=35 about the NAU
- CrankyPants, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1No wonder the tubes are clogged.
- KrayzieKyd, on 10/10/2007, -3/+1Blogging is "Dumb, Stupid and Successful." You just used three words that mean exactly the same thing.
- billygotee, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0I get it, successful things are dumb and stupid. Yay me
- juventusc, on 10/10/2007, -3/+1DO NOT digg, his one of those SEO assholes.
- spyrochaete, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1What's wrong with SEO? They simply make the most of publicly accessible knowledge and use it to their advantage. For great insight into SEO check out the the blog of Matt Cutts (google it) who is the head spam fighter at Google.
- Subcranium, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I've only read one good blog ever. And it's satire. A complete fake. Ended with a fake hacker takeover. Crazy. If you read it, be sure to read it chronologically.
I think most blogs have no theme. Sally's only worked because it was a soap opera. If you have a blog, write it like a soap opera, complete with cliffhangers.
http://marvelousbend.wordpress.com - booboolean, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2What retards dugg this?
- iceschade, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3The title of this Digg post is stupid, brainless, deficient, dim, doltish, dopy, dotterel, dull, dumb, foolish, half-baked, half-witted, idiotic, imbecilic, inane, laughable, mindless, moronic, naive, obtuse, pointless, senseless, simple, simple-minded, stolid, thickheaded, unintelligent, unthinking, witless, and (for some reason) successful. (It hit the front page.)
It's also redundant.
Synonyms from http://www.thesaurus.com. - JayInOhio, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1People "bury" blogspam all the time... but stories about blogging hit the front page constantly. ***** blogger's opinions, I don't think we can trust diggers either.
- crazed792, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2This sure has a lot of comments for only 3.5 people reading it...
- bingobongony, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Most blogs have nothing to do with knowledge.
- universeman, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1It's like the digg iPhone application. It runs on the iPhone so you can read stories about the iPhone on your iPhone.
- objectcode, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1blogging gives me a boner
- billygotee, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0He's pissed off because an 'extremely stupid' blog does better than his, which is just 'very stupid'.
- billygotee, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0Weird. . .if you click "Submit Comment" twice on accident it will post twice. Kevin? ? ?
- aelias, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2I had this exact realization over two years ago with my second blog post entitled "Blogs are dumb."
"See, when someone has something to say that's dumb, and we hear it in real life, we can tell them to stop being dumb. But a blog allows for unlimited stupidity with no fear of reprisal other than a comment, which can be erased. All of the accessability and none of the accountability. They should develop some sort of tactile feedback. That way, when somone writes something dumb, we can collectively stick them with a pin." - munkeyhatecleen, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0How many blogs could a blog-blogger blog if blog-blogger could blog about blogs?
- blunt3d, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1The author of that blog is a plonker. You can tell by checking out the index page of his site and checking the code .... no h1 tag and tabular data for layouts? Optimization my Uranus.
- ItsTheSun, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1another great blogging about blogging dumb ass story. get off digg
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