Angry Blogger.
I have posted one message, and it was solely about my own earnings and goals regarding revenue on the internet. But guess what? I’m already worrying about the reputation I’m going to get as a result of this weblog.
Why?
I have found myself with far too many RSS feeds to read. With too much content to read, I become an unhappy blogger when I come across something that’s been posted four times by four different sites. I become even more agitated when three of them link to the fourth and add nothing to the conversation. And this is becoming a common occurrence. I also become agitated at opinion, and moreso, speculation and conjecture that is passed off as gospel. This seems more likely to occur with so-called “B-list” or even the average Joe Schmoe bloggers when they link to something that an A-list blogger said. This also occurs in internet marketing circles, with product launches and ebooks by the “top” internet marketers being promoted as the best thing since sliced bread. And sometimes, these products and ebooks, which sell so much to allow people to live independently, and remain wealthy, are full of information that is freely available on the internet, and a lot of times, isn’t even hard to find. In some ways, I applaud them for capitalizing on what’s free, and other times I curse them for preying upon those who do not know better.
What does all of that mean?
There is a lot of back scratching in the blogosphere. People kiss up to people in a position of greater esteem. I’m irritated at the lack of dissent.
When I come across a glowing review for a piece of software, and then I download it, I want it to be a glowing piece of software. I’m finding lately that stuff I download is not all that great, and not one person is writing about its limitations and how much work needs to go into it for it to be truly useful. There are professional bloggers that report “juicy tidbits” and “optimization tips and tricks” as if they came up with them or they’re guaranteed to work. Often, I’ve found those tidbits, tips, and tricks, are nothing I couldn’t figure out for myself or haven’t already. Fortunately, some people give away this information for free. That makes me infinitely less hostile, especially if it’s something I haven’t already come up with. But the way some people praise this is unbelievable.
So, I’m afraid I’m going to become a negative, angry blogger. I don’t want to be that way. I want to be able to dissent, but I don’t want it to become a theme. We’ll see how things go. I certainly encourage others to post on their own blogs, or anonymously comment on someone else’s, when they have a dissenting view. If we do not dissent, we cannot continue to build and promote blogging to its full potential.
December 23rd, 2005 at 10:39 am
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