Comments on: I am rubber and you are glue…

By: Medbh

Medbh — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:06:18 +0000

K8, thanks for this.
It just sickens me to see people being so fucking gleeful about tearing down Twenty’s novel and his success. Why the mean spirited reaction? Doesn’t it boost the entire blogging community to see someone do well?

By: K8

K8 — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:21:02 +0000

Queen of Clean; I suppose I don't know enough about journalism. There are some excellent journalists out there though, but can you be sure you're not getting the winner's story? Ben; I do! I love all the useless info! So tempted to buy spongebob's arse detector.

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:23:59 +0000

I honestly dont know why i blog at all lol

By: Queen of Clean

Queen of Clean — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:46:55 +0000

Well said K8. I haven’t been a regular buyer of newspapers for years, simply because the content is so politically biased.

I have an aversion to journos’ I think most of them have an inflated sense of self worth, to me there is no difference between a columnist and someone propping up a bar spouting opinions that no-one is interested in…..but maybe thats just my opinion!

By: K8

K8 — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:34:15 +0000

Roy; At’s the spirit!

Jenny; How great would it be to be paid for writing this trollop?!? I would set up Google Ads but I believe that PayPal is the work of the Devil.

Michele; Hello sir! Thanks for commenting me – and in such a poetic way… I think you have a calling?

Englishmum; Yep, the lack of payment for our posts probably has something to do with the excellent atmosphere in the blogging community! We’re all in the same boat, doing our thing because we can, not because of monetary competition.

Baino; In hindsight I can see the over-defensiveness. I certainly took it personally but shouldn’t have… it just made me realise how suddenly proud I am to be part of such a community. What a nerd I’m turning into!

Maxi Cane; Thanks for visiting!! I know, even today this post seems even more ridiculous, especially seeing as I started out an anti-blogger but grudgingly tried it out for my dad’s sake! I suppose this is now the biggest community I’ve belonged to since school, so I’ve reverted to the ‘TRINITY-SHITE!’ mentality. Stupid really. I grew up last night though.

Thriftcriminal; Excellent!!! I do so love the freaks of this planet :) So my bushbaby is really a Tarsier?! I would give anything to own an Angora rabbit on a cold winter’s night. And how about that Aye-Aye? You must be this high to enter…

By: Thriftcriminal

Thriftcriminal — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:13:08 +0000

Heh, I reckon this will give you a laugh

http://divaboo.info/

By: Maxi Cane

Maxi Cane — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 23:54:11 +0000

I started blogging last summer and I didn’t even know it was called blogging, I was so naive that I thought I was the only one doing it!

I don’t know if I could even be called a blogger, as I don’t update everyday but I, like every blogger or writer has their own audience and readership, but most of all we do it for ourselves. If it leads to writing a book or a magazine column then happy days.

Not having deadlines or someone to report to like the last poster pointed out is also a bonus.

At the end of the day I think I can safely say that each of us gets our own equal amount of good and bad reviews/criticism, not only in comparison to the American bloggers, but to each other. I think it’s great that people seem to care so much about something that I didn’t even know existed until last year!

When we all write our novels and newspapers and magazines or greeting cards, we can all look back fondly on our blogging days and think what a laugh it was to have such a big debate over the whole thing.

By: Baino

Baino — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 22:13:52 +0000

Embrace Diversity I say . . We shouldn’t be over defensive here. I can take criticism, water off a duck’s back. I have a rambling personal little blog that hardly anyone reads but I’ve learned more about the world at large since blogging. Online debate and diverse opinion, links and points of interest have taken me much further than anything I could read in an over edited, biased, poorly written newspaper. Argument on the blogs makes me investigate issues, research problems, try to find solutions, understand how the other half lives . . .more importantly, it has connected me to a few people who I consider friends. I keep in touch with many on my blogroll through other media

Unlike Newspapers, the bloggers code seems to be, “criticise by all means but don’t make personal attacks” and from my own experience, this is the code that most bloggers abide by.
If you love it . . do it . . when it becomes tiresome . . .stop. At least we write what we like, when we like without the domination of an Editor in Chief! (although I sometimes wish I had the benefit of a proofreader!)

By: englishmum

englishmum — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 21:13:07 +0000

I think you’ve hit the nail on the head here. We all like different books, different films, different people, and therefore we all like different blogs. I think Nats over at Eire Rules made the valid point once that sometimes, just knowing you belong to a little blogging community is the most important thing, not even what you write or how good you are. :o)

By: Michele

Michele — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:14:05 +0000

That Waters has an opinion doesn’t bother me, but that he is so ignorant does.

There are millions of blogs. Most of them are dire.

There are lots of tv channels and newspapers, magazines etc.,

Nobody is forcing anyone to consume media that they don’t want to consume.

Yet Waters has the gall to insult us all

*sigh*