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Blogging About Blogs, The Bloggers That Blog Them, And Gaming

Started by webomatica · 10 months ago

Yeah, it's kind of wussy to blog about blogging, but several "incidents" occurred over the past week that were fascinating to watch play out, and one smarter than most blogger seems to have put things in perspective before it all happened (well, at least smarter than me). ... Continue reading »

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  • engtech

    2 years ago

    I think most people have been in Robert's shoes before... this argument would have been much better served if he'd used an example OTHER than himself.

    I know I've seen a story on TechCrunch/Scoble before where I was thinking "I covered that a month ago!" and wishing I'd gotten a juicy link. But all you have to do to restore humility is do a little digging and find the guys who had the scoop a month before you did, and realize that you're being hypocritical because you didn't go through the extra effort to find previous links either.
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  • webomatica

    2 years ago

    That's a good point. If someone complains about a situation but uses themselves as the sole example it's easy to call it sour grapes. I give Scoble the benefit of the doubt because I read his blog, but I can see why others might not see it that way.

    Humility is a good stance to blog from. Maybe another one of those unwritten rules of blogging.
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  • engtech

    2 years ago

    Humility is always a hard target for blogging though because blogging by nature is an egotistical activity. What I found help me was when I realized that if you write crap about someone they'll usually end up reading it[1]... it isn't a soapbox into nothingness.

    Now I try to at least make good points if I'm going to rant into something...

    [1] If only because they're searching what people are saying about them / their product.
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  • webomatica

    2 years ago

    Humility is a hard target sure, but still worth striving for...

    I've definitely had to realize what you point out - I got a comment about a post I did on a web 2.0 site from a founder pointing out factual errors I made - which I fixed, but it was still a reality check. I think I was getting lulled into a sense of posting in a bubble because of lack of comments. It's an easy assumption for the beginning blogger.

    Luckilly I don't see myself as prone to rants, tirades, or anger - mostly just annoyance.
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