It happens all the time. A great blog is published - someone is in a really creative frame of mind and whips out a piece that gets you to thinking in some new way, opens you to new perspectives, or simply amuses you or touches your heart. It may be about a topic-of-the-day, or something seemingly completely out of thin air - but you find it refreshing, illustrative, humorous, emotional, ... whatever - you take notice.
After re-reading and pondering, you decide to comment. You scroll down, and there it is ...
Try as you might, you simply can't resist noticing that some cantaloupe has spammed the blog with 3, 4, 5, maybe more inane comments and all of the sudden you're out-of-the-moment. The wave of enthusiasm you felt towards the piece is drained away from you not by ANYTHING the original writer said or did, but by the sheer inane mass of that black hole in the blogosphere: the Blog Killer.
Sometimes it's predictable - you know who you are ... well, ... no, ... you likely don't. But we do.
Sometimes it's not. The Blog Killer may well be a very good blogger who simply temporarily morphed into an energy sapping dullard - it's happened to most of us, I'd hazard to guess.
Regardless, the blog simply dies. Sure, it may be read by many people. But the rich discussion that should ensue - or the well-deserved kudos that should come the way of the original writer - simply remain untyped in the heads of the now-drained, confused, or simply not-so-passionate reader. And it slips into the ether ........ farewell, good blog.
Blog Killers. They lurk out there, ... just waiting, ... waiting ...!
Why waste the time. Here today gone tomorrow. Just another rainy day. Gloom I feel Gloom. Not to change the subject but what the hell were we talking about.
Yikes, now I am worried I do this!! Thanks for the reminder Dave...I certainly see this on the main page articles. I have many times wanted to respond but the bickering among friends and enemies makes it useless.
Dave in Indy
This stuff'll happen all of the time no matter what. As it is I've a hard enough time within this arena.
I'm now pondering whether or not the choice made by the English FA was the right one with Capello being named as coach of the national side. As now we've got the myopic and xenophobic idiots coming out and voicing their disapproval of the choice. It's not as if there's a competent English bred talent that fits the bill for the position. Look at the last choice. McClaren was about as relevant as a piece of excrement beneath my shoe. See my op-ed piece on the matter written under the rampantfanatic guise titled Fabio, Fabio Where For Art Thou Fabio ? Let me know what you think as to the merits of the piece in question ? I'll look forward to reading your comments.
Dave in Indy
And if you've still got the wind with your sails then check out the following pieces written under this guise. They're titled I Heard That Jessica Took One For The Team Also ?
I Take From The Needy And Give To The Greedy But At Least I Don't Pocket The Dough !
Hopefully you'll find the pieces in question amusing as well as interesting read ?
Good points Dave. This was something that had to be said. So many times I read an article and you have some that just post not to contribute but to degrade or insult the poster. That really gets under my skin.
Sadly That is what freedom of speech is about but I think manners should prevail in responses whether you agree or not.
Last edited by photogr on December 18th at 12:58 PM.
Dave - So very true about commenting on these blogs. ALthough I would say that more often than not, this applies more to a lot of the front board pieces written by the Fox writers.
There are so many inane and bickering comments many times, that I just read the authors piece and do not comment. Thankfully though, many of these people on the front boards do not make it over to the blogging side. Bad comments can certainly distract from a well written blog.
Dave, The great post you talked about with all the etc. Is and always will be, no matter what jugghead that didnt get the point. Its the reading between the lines that they can't see about a post. Your blog killers don't/can't read that line.
Don't answer that comment is the best thing.
BTW - I will have a talk with Tez and tell him to stop making bad comments on your post. lol takecare and Godbless with happy holidays.
Tez has always been a problem. Thanks for having the courage to point that out. We've sorta shied away from that cause, ... you know, ... he's one of those JV Aussies.
Vol - don't tell me you were poofed too? I knew that mouth would get you in trouble sooner or later.
Gerrel - the ones that seem most unfortunate are those who have plenty of enthusiasm for participating on this site, but sometimes smother a blog with so many non sequitur comments that folks just go elsewhere. They seem nice and genuine enough, ... they're just kinda blogging challenged; SEVERELY blogging challenged.
