Comments on: Why Original Blog Thought is So Difficult

By: Isaac

Isaac — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 04:39:50 +0000

Hello — I just happened to stumble across this blog post from floating around on google. I figured I’d chime in and add a “me too” post in which I believe that the majority of blog responses by and large in just about any community has little to no relative value beyond just someone mindlessly adding yelling their comment just to be heard. I think the general lack of Big Thoughts is symptomatic of our Here! Now! Simple! Fast! commercial society. Generally, people don’t have a NEED to think critically, nor are they given time to do so. Even a person’s down time to relax and collect themselves at the end of the day is usually full of preparing for the next day, or watching TV, cluttered with commercials jamming more simple thoughts into their minds. Critical thinking, big thoughts, and intelligent conversation seems to be slowly fading away in our society.

By: gregory

gregory — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:19:11 +0000

i blame google … page rank to be precise …. also responsible for splogs

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Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:26:30 +0000

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By: Steve Rubel is right « The displaced Kiwi

Steve Rubel is right « The displaced Kiwi — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 20:19:50 +0000

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By: Mark Evans

Mark Evans — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:40:05 +0000

Kevin,

I’m not suggesting that because ignoring the news of the day would be wrong. What I am suggesting is if you’re going to write on the news of the day, offer some perspective/insight as opposed to parroting what other people have to say. As well, writing original content that’s not on Techmeme or TechCrunch is a fine idea too.

By: Kevin Restivo

Kevin Restivo — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:30:28 +0000

So what’s your final verdict? Think what you’re saying is that you’d rather not write about the news of the day, according to Techmeme, TechCrunch, et al.

By: Mindy McAdams

Mindy McAdams — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:23:12 +0000

Don’t different blogs serve different purposes? We don’t need two dozen Techmeme clones. Some blogs are very good “filter” blogs — they link to lots of interesting stuff many times a day. Some blogs try to do that but are not as good at picking the best bits to link.

Cyndy Aleo-Carreira siad (comment 18): “People don’t read a 1500-word piece about the future of digital music,” but there’s another way to say that — VERY FEW PEOPLE “read a 1500-word piece about the future of digital music.”

How many people read The New Yorker compared with the number who read People magazine? Diiferent vehicles for different content, different purposes, different results.

By: Dan Blank: Publishing, Innovation & the Web » Blog Archive » News of the Week 4/6/08

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 18:57:49 +0000

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