So one of my biggest gripes about the whole blogging thing is that few people do much more than refer to someone else's blog in their post. I know I'm guilty of it. But it becomes this dumbed down process of constant referrals, and perhaps that's all social media really is at its roots. I find myself just constantly seeking out the source material, scanning through blogs looking for the link where they got their info. This generally leads to hopping around (sometimes in circles, the buddy system is great for getting your click-rate up, huh?). It's just fake blogging, flogging...
In spite of my irritation, I do see some value, for instance, had person A not referred me to person B's blog, I never would have found the info that helps me in my day to day job. When person A is constantly referring to person B's blog and getting most of their source material from it however, it's time to cut out the middle man (or coyote, if you will). Fortunately, the better bloggers have enough of their own thoughts and a wide variety of source material... there is a lot of white noise out there though...
Now, to prove my point that I'm not exempt from the process of referrals: In light of the fact that Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska was somewhat recently drawn and quartered by bloggers for referring to the internet as a "series of tubes" it's surprising that Yahoo would come out with a new product, called Pipes. Personally, the Stevens comment was the first thing I thought of when I read about this on Anil Dash's blog. The product does look cool, I have to say, and is essentially a way for those of us who don't know how to do any coding make a mash-up of our own with little struggle.
In spite of my irritation, I do see some value, for instance, had person A not referred me to person B's blog, I never would have found the info that helps me in my day to day job. When person A is constantly referring to person B's blog and getting most of their source material from it however, it's time to cut out the middle man (or coyote, if you will). Fortunately, the better bloggers have enough of their own thoughts and a wide variety of source material... there is a lot of white noise out there though...
Now, to prove my point that I'm not exempt from the process of referrals: In light of the fact that Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska was somewhat recently drawn and quartered by bloggers for referring to the internet as a "series of tubes" it's surprising that Yahoo would come out with a new product, called Pipes. Personally, the Stevens comment was the first thing I thought of when I read about this on Anil Dash's blog. The product does look cool, I have to say, and is essentially a way for those of us who don't know how to do any coding make a mash-up of our own with little struggle.
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