Globe & Mail, "It's Not the Blogs I Hate, It's Thier Fans"

"Have you ever proved your point by

• arguing that people with differing views - the non-it-getters - suffer from mental illness?
• Is every post you write followed by dozens or hundreds of comments from fellow it-getters wishing to burnish their credentials?"

(The author doesn't single out baseball or sports, but refers to all topics).

• "Put it like this: If a reasonable third party were to read your blog, would they come away feeling better about being human, or worse? You might disagree with me here, but as a rule of thumb, blogs that make me despair for the species are not good blogs.

• All right, you say, so some blogs are unlikable. Why not just ignore the irritating ones and move on?

Because - and this is where our PR problem kicks in - it's the irritating parts of the blogosphere that insist on being the standard-bearers for the movement. The people who advocate loudest for blogging are the ones who will turn the most readers off."

From Globe and Mail by Ivan Tossell, 7/20/07, "It's Not the Blogs I Hate, It's Their Fans."

• Via Poynter.org/Romenesko

Tweet Stumbleupon StumbleUpon