Serial bloggers

DarthClem

Shared on Fri, 09/07/2007 - 08:30

Generally, I try to only blog once per day.  From my perspective, most of us blog to share a bit of ourselves within this gaming community and I don't know that any of our blogs get hit much once they fall out of the most recent seven.  Now, I'm not saying that there isn't a reason for multiple blogs in one day.  If I were to blog in the morning and I felt there was something I absolutely had to share with 2o2p later in the day, I'd blog it.  I expect other people do the same.  And I know some people have what I'd call "regularly scheduled programming" that you expect to see daily and then they'll post a more traditional blog later on.  Totally understandable.

But lately, I've seen instances where people have 2, 3, even 4 blogs in most recent seven.  At one point earlier this week, my blog had been pushed out of the most recent seven less than 10 minutes from when I posted it -- by only two bloggers.  One blogger had blogged 4 times in that brief span, while another had blogged 3 times.  That strikes me as a tad excessive.  That said, I'm going to blog a couple of times today (though I won't spam them all at once) and I'm hoping that they generate some conversation -- because I'm honestly interested in your opinions.

My drawing today continues the underwater theme.  All of these drawings I've posted so far were done in Mark Kistler's family drawing camp.  We did 6-8 drawings in an hour, and I had very limited drawing experience before this class.  That should give you an idea of how good an instructor Mark is.

Comments

doodirock's picture
Submitted by doodirock on Fri, 09/07/2007 - 12:22
It actually was like that for a while until we implemented the voting system. Only people take voting a lot more seriously then we ever imagined. They consider it a personal insult to be voted down. :
dos's picture
Submitted by dos on Fri, 09/07/2007 - 08:46
nice drawing - i agree on the topic of excessive blogging - if doodi limited us to 2 blogs per day, I'd consider it one of the best decisions he's made for the community.
English_C6H6's picture
Submitted by English_C6H6 on Fri, 09/07/2007 - 08:56
This is an excellent point. I'm going to go write 3 blogs about it right now. :) Agreed. I try and use the blogs as a venting and creative excerise, not as a "I really want to see my avatar at the top of the site."
doorgunnerjgs's picture
Submitted by doorgunnerjgs on Fri, 09/07/2007 - 08:58
Like your drawings and TOTALLY agree with your comments on excessive blogging. It pisses me off to have to go the the blog list to see the latest blogs because there are only 2 or 3 avatars at the top of the page. Alternatively, if the top seven shown could eliminate duplicate avatars, that would fix the problem.
DarthClem's picture
Submitted by DarthClem on Fri, 09/07/2007 - 09:00
@doscon - I like that idea too. I know doodi gets hammered with suggestions, complaints, etc. and that he can't please everyone -- still I think this would be very fair.
Baine's picture
Submitted by Baine on Fri, 09/07/2007 - 09:10
If it doesn't fit. You must aquit
YEM's picture
Submitted by YEM on Fri, 09/07/2007 - 09:14
who told you to put the balm on?
BalekFekete's picture
Submitted by BalekFekete on Fri, 09/07/2007 - 09:23
I'd back the twice daily restriction without hesitation. I also try to come up with one blog per day (if I'm lucky) and two IFF I come across something in my afternoon "I'm bored at work" browsing that is truly awesome.
TDrag27's picture
Submitted by TDrag27 on Fri, 09/07/2007 - 09:30
Nice observation...I blog multiple times on occasion...But when I do, I try to span it out so that my face never shows twice in the banner...
TDrag27's picture
Submitted by TDrag27 on Fri, 09/07/2007 - 09:31
Oh - and I was just going to write a blog...But I think I'll wait so your blog stays up a little longer.
MikeTheKnife's picture
Submitted by MikeTheKnife on Fri, 09/07/2007 - 09:39
I like to fill up the recent 7 blogs when I am drunk and egged on by my clan. But that's the only time.
bear96's picture
Submitted by bear96 on Fri, 09/07/2007 - 09:39
Good idea on the limited blogs - it benefits the community as a whole. Wow, I need to attend that camp. Nice work!
Aonon's picture
Submitted by Aonon on Fri, 09/07/2007 - 10:04
Man don't get me started on the popularity contest on the blogs. Serial posters, the hot blog picture the lures the punters in, the long list of pseudo porn pics in the blogs. As far as I am concerned the good blogs start at number 6 and down.
JeepChick's picture
Submitted by JeepChick on Fri, 09/07/2007 - 10:38
I blog anytime I think of something to say or a question to ask. So I might be a serial blogger. Blame it on those journal instints that I honed in junior high. But yeah, I have considered just editing [updating a previous blog] instead of posting a new one. If the content is similar, i probably will do that in the future. I look at blogs not by the list at the top, but by the ones I have bookmarked. Then if I see a comment I like, I check out that person's blog. I think the bookmark system is the way to peruse these. Utilize the tools we have people! Word.
UnwashedMass's picture
Submitted by UnwashedMass on Fri, 09/07/2007 - 10:46
The bookmarks are what I live by. I'll check the tops, but I always look to see what my interesting folks have got up. Sometimes I'll get pwn'd by the fact that EVERYBODY blogs at the same time, but sometimes I'll catch them on the flip side. And I'm enjoying the heck out of your recent posts. My boy keeps chanting that he wants to be a video game designer, so we are looking to get into an art class together. Nice parallel for me and my monster. But I'm not going to start jogging. :D
doorgunnerjgs's picture
Submitted by doorgunnerjgs on Fri, 09/07/2007 - 10:47
As I posted here earlier, if the top seven shown could eliminate duplicate avatars, that would fix the problem. Wouldn't prevent the verbose from getting it on, but make it easier on the readers.
Aonon's picture
Submitted by Aonon on Fri, 09/07/2007 - 11:03
To clarify I read everyones blog. Well some blogs I skip because they have consitantly been uninteresting. But I do check everyones blog on the top row.

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