Comments on: If all your friends jumped off a bridge… http://beastwith.in/2007/01/23/if-all-your-friends-jumped-off-a-bridge/ A mental brouhaha, est. 1996. Wed, 23 May 2012 05:31:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Aelel http://beastwith.in/2007/01/23/if-all-your-friends-jumped-off-a-bridge/comment-page-1/#comment-298 Aelel Wed, 24 Jan 2007 18:15:59 +0000 http://mendax.org/?p=465#comment-298 <p>I hate it when daddy and daddy fight. <em>weep</em></p> I hate it when daddy and daddy fight. weep

]]> By: WyldKard http://beastwith.in/2007/01/23/if-all-your-friends-jumped-off-a-bridge/comment-page-1/#comment-297 WyldKard Wed, 24 Jan 2007 07:53:34 +0000 http://mendax.org/?p=465#comment-297 <p>Your public thanks is much appreciated after I told you ahead of time, in person, that I would link it accordingly. In typical fashion, however, you respond only to part of my post, ignoring the disclaimer. In this case, editing of a post isn't an issue, but rather, informing one's audience of the edit is. Thus, the obligatory "update" addendum, which is not an afront to opinion, but an afront to <i>public record</i>.</p> <p>In the case of editing one's post willy-nilly without notification to the blogosphere, you don't ignore the rules because they don't make sense, but rather, you ignore rules that <i>do</i> make sense, for no reason other than a lazy complacency to not follow the successful consensus. If that makes you a rebel, I wish you the best of luck attacking the Death Star that is the Internet, only in this case, no thermal exhaust port or shoddy shield generator on Endor will save your blog from obscurity.</p> Your public thanks is much appreciated after I told you ahead of time, in person, that I would link it accordingly. In typical fashion, however, you respond only to part of my post, ignoring the disclaimer. In this case, editing of a post isn’t an issue, but rather, informing one’s audience of the edit is. Thus, the obligatory “update” addendum, which is not an afront to opinion, but an afront to public record.

In the case of editing one’s post willy-nilly without notification to the blogosphere, you don’t ignore the rules because they don’t make sense, but rather, you ignore rules that do make sense, for no reason other than a lazy complacency to not follow the successful consensus. If that makes you a rebel, I wish you the best of luck attacking the Death Star that is the Internet, only in this case, no thermal exhaust port or shoddy shield generator on Endor will save your blog from obscurity.

]]> By: Maxator http://beastwith.in/2007/01/23/if-all-your-friends-jumped-off-a-bridge/comment-page-1/#comment-296 Maxator Wed, 24 Jan 2007 07:23:46 +0000 http://mendax.org/?p=465#comment-296 <p>I want to publicly thank WyldKard for using my blog as an example of authors who ignore “blogging etiquette.” I couldn’t be happier as, with all due respect to WyldKard, I find the concept of “blogging etiquette” a bunch of BS. I correct and sometimes attempt to improve my posts as I review them or find new relevant information. To not improve them based on” rules” decided by a random vocal group seems to me, well, ridiculous. After all, blogs started because people were unhappy accepting news and opinion from the established sources. To restrict this form of expression by following rules created by whoever calls themselves an expert seems to fly in the face of what started the popularity of blogs in the first place. I am proud to say that I could care less if such people think my blog follows their arbitrary standards. It is my opinion, done my way. That is the point.</p> <p>As for the title of WyldKard’ post, intended I believe to insinuate that some people blog only because their friends do, I believe the title better illustrates why he organizes his blog the way he does… because everyone else does it that way. Me I have enough stupid rules to deal with in my life. I am a free thinker, a rule breaker. I sometimes exceed the speed limit, rip tags of my mattresses, even jaywalk. I follow rules when they make sense and ignore them when they don’t. I say question everything, blog the way you want to blog, and if anyone tells you otherwise, tell the blog cops to get a life.</p> I want to publicly thank WyldKard for using my blog as an example of authors who ignore “blogging etiquette.” I couldn’t be happier as, with all due respect to WyldKard, I find the concept of “blogging etiquette” a bunch of BS. I correct and sometimes attempt to improve my posts as I review them or find new relevant information. To not improve them based on” rules” decided by a random vocal group seems to me, well, ridiculous. After all, blogs started because people were unhappy accepting news and opinion from the established sources. To restrict this form of expression by following rules created by whoever calls themselves an expert seems to fly in the face of what started the popularity of blogs in the first place. I am proud to say that I could care less if such people think my blog follows their arbitrary standards. It is my opinion, done my way. That is the point.

As for the title of WyldKard’ post, intended I believe to insinuate that some people blog only because their friends do, I believe the title better illustrates why he organizes his blog the way he does… because everyone else does it that way. Me I have enough stupid rules to deal with in my life. I am a free thinker, a rule breaker. I sometimes exceed the speed limit, rip tags of my mattresses, even jaywalk. I follow rules when they make sense and ignore them when they don’t. I say question everything, blog the way you want to blog, and if anyone tells you otherwise, tell the blog cops to get a life.

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