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Posted on 12/11/03 @ 2:37 pm
nOva touched on it. The Gothamist put their spin on it. The Weblog Awards are somewhat implying it. How to write a blog. Or journal. Or whatever you wanna call it. Now maybe it’s just me, but don’t you hate it when a so-called “elite” few outta the blogosphere start dictating shit about how you should write a blog. Take for example the Gothamist’s rules. Three through seven are cool, but Numbers 1 and 2 are total crap.
Last I checked, I could write about whatever the hell I wanted to, be it a movie or the new TV shows or my personal life. Don’t like it? Don’t read it.
Is this the blog gospel? Or is that blogospel? Puh-leeze. Write about your family, your friends, your pets…whatever the hell you want to. It’s your blog. I could understand if you’re blogging for…say, a living. Which very few people are doing. Most of us are blogging because we have something to say. And what’s better than looking back and having documented history of your life? I always find reading autobiographies quite interesting because it’s good to see how other people talk about their lives. Wanna know what makes a blog good? The person blogging AND what they choose to blog about. Now what floats your boat may not float mine. Personally, political blogs like Instapundit bore me silly. Some of the “A-list bloggers” need some writing classes. Really. Go and read some of them and you’ll certainly find a cure for insomnia. And you know who I’m talking about. Even some personal blogs are straight booty. But you know what? Variety’s the spice of life. If we all started writing blogs the same way about the same stuff, this’d be a very dull blogosphere indeed. Now stop bitching and get to writing. And living. Thanks. I’ll be here all week. Don’t forget to tip your waiter. Update: Glenn’s officially the funniest mofo in my blogroll. Hilarious! Filed under: Q&A Comments: Comments Off
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Name's Karsh. 29. Country-born, city-raised, 
There are rules for blogging?
Last time I checked, a blog was a journal and when you write in a journal you can write how you want on anything that occurs to you at the moment. Did I miss somthing?
Said by ~SunRay~ — December 16, 2003 @ 9:40 am
One of main reasons I read blogs is to find out who the person is, and what’s going on in thier life…and when I run across those who write effortlessly about some of the same shit that’s happening in my life, I latch on like a leech! Isn’t that what it’s about? Sharing experiences…
Said by Christopher David — December 12, 2003 @ 12:07 pm
karsh, i learn so much about “blogging” from u. it’s always refreshing 2 swing by and get a bit of info thrown my way.
i’m glad that blogging is not following a set of rules and taking a test at the end of the week. [i don't do well under pressure]
let me wrap this up, cause it fells like i’m blogging in your blog. *smile*
Said by LRT[joy] — December 12, 2003 @ 10:49 am
Basic question: Do you write for yourself or for the people you presume will read it?
I write for myself and thus allow the blog to take whatever form suits me at the moment.
Said by Bernie — December 12, 2003 @ 8:15 am
Jake, I don’t ever recall calling the good folks who run Gothamists “A-list bloggers”. If it don’t apply to you, don’t personalize it, homie.
And I’ve seen similar notes rehashed and preached about as rules so forgive the syntax. Mea culpa, mea culpa.
But I do stank you smelly much for visitin’. Wipe your feet on the way out, ‘k?
Said by karsh — December 11, 2003 @ 11:28 pm
What a moron. I’ve built an indestructable empire based on my award winning style!
*watches his hit counts drop to nothing*
Would you rather hear about my fallow love life or a review of Shazam? Case closed.
Said by Rekutyn — December 11, 2003 @ 10:35 pm
Amen!
Said by ronn — December 11, 2003 @ 10:30 pm
how did we get to be known as a-list bloggers? if anything, we’re barely b-list, and that’s being generous. and jesus christ- the post is called “gothamist notes on blogging” not “gothamist rules for how to blog”- if you don’t want your blog to be like gothamist, you definitely shouldn’t be following any of those points.
Said by jake — December 11, 2003 @ 9:44 pm
I’m so glad I wasn’t the only one pissed (or at least peeved) about those types of dictums. Since when is blogging about racking up the visits or adhering to “standards” instituted by “A-list bloggers” or other folks that have been doing this a little longer than the rest of us? Grr. (That “grr” sums up all my thoughts on the matter quite well, actually. *grin*)
Said by Lissa — December 11, 2003 @ 4:42 pm
I couldn’t agree more.
Said by nOva — December 11, 2003 @ 3:15 pm