Yeah! I hate it when they do that...
4. Anyone to talk about the "blogosphere", its triumphs, its tragedies - It doesn't exist. Wow. People writing their opinions down and publishing them. Groundbreaking stuff, that;
This is from Occam's Carbuncle's list of things that "we do not need" and I could not agree with this selection any more than I already do.
I hate, absolutely HATE it when "bloggers" incessantly talk about the “blogosphere” in the most self-congratulatory way possible, as if spending the three minutes required to register a blog enters each and every blogger into this influential fraternity of totally powerful elitists. Many “bloggers” have become as divorced from reality as the people they claim to keep an eye on.
How do the thoughts and persistence of a single blogger impact the legitimacy and importance of other blogs? Are people really that obsessed with trying to convince themselves that they’re important? ...that they’ll convince themselves that by blogging about the MSM (mainstream media), they’re taking part in some glorious revolution? Do they really think that they’ll meaningfully impact the vast financial networks and connections that allow mainstream media outlets to perpetuate unpopular liberal bias (unpopular in America at least)? I don’t get it.
That’s probably why there’s not a single American blog on my side panel, even though American blogs are usually bigger and better than their Canadian counterparts. I can barely bring myself to read bloggers that genuinely believe that they matter. That might sound harsh, but I can’t stand people who participate in the reflected glory of others (of the very few, select ‘blogs’ that have impacted the course of a number of public events). I actually do read a number of American blogs after I filter out the self-congratulatory blogosphere comments that appear on so many of them, so maybe my links only lead to Canadian blogs because I instinctively want to promote Canadian content... Oh and the reason Canadian blogs aren't as smug and proud as their American counterparts (in general) is because they haven't really accomplished anything nor have they received much recognition... if that ever happens, I'll have trouble reading any blogs at all...
Anyways, all of my above opinions might make me seem like a critic of blogs themselves, but that’s really not the case. Blogs are a good thing, they help filter out the biases that come through traditional media outlets, and occasionally, they even create or push news stories of their own, but PLEASE, let’s stop over-hyping them as the greatest creation ever… it’s just a guy or a girl writing down their thoughts, their observations and their opinions, and what’s so revolutionary about that?
This is from Occam's Carbuncle's list of things that "we do not need" and I could not agree with this selection any more than I already do.
I hate, absolutely HATE it when "bloggers" incessantly talk about the “blogosphere” in the most self-congratulatory way possible, as if spending the three minutes required to register a blog enters each and every blogger into this influential fraternity of totally powerful elitists. Many “bloggers” have become as divorced from reality as the people they claim to keep an eye on.
How do the thoughts and persistence of a single blogger impact the legitimacy and importance of other blogs? Are people really that obsessed with trying to convince themselves that they’re important? ...that they’ll convince themselves that by blogging about the MSM (mainstream media), they’re taking part in some glorious revolution? Do they really think that they’ll meaningfully impact the vast financial networks and connections that allow mainstream media outlets to perpetuate unpopular liberal bias (unpopular in America at least)? I don’t get it.
That’s probably why there’s not a single American blog on my side panel, even though American blogs are usually bigger and better than their Canadian counterparts. I can barely bring myself to read bloggers that genuinely believe that they matter. That might sound harsh, but I can’t stand people who participate in the reflected glory of others (of the very few, select ‘blogs’ that have impacted the course of a number of public events). I actually do read a number of American blogs after I filter out the self-congratulatory blogosphere comments that appear on so many of them, so maybe my links only lead to Canadian blogs because I instinctively want to promote Canadian content... Oh and the reason Canadian blogs aren't as smug and proud as their American counterparts (in general) is because they haven't really accomplished anything nor have they received much recognition... if that ever happens, I'll have trouble reading any blogs at all...
Anyways, all of my above opinions might make me seem like a critic of blogs themselves, but that’s really not the case. Blogs are a good thing, they help filter out the biases that come through traditional media outlets, and occasionally, they even create or push news stories of their own, but PLEASE, let’s stop over-hyping them as the greatest creation ever… it’s just a guy or a girl writing down their thoughts, their observations and their opinions, and what’s so revolutionary about that?
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