News Source: http://blogaboutyourblog.com
Story Found By: ffnstuff 1606 Days ago
Category: Social Media
8 Comments
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News Source: http://blogaboutyourblog.com
Story Found By: ffnstuff 1606 Days ago
Category: Social Media
8 Comments
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Sorry; your title and the article sound like over-generalization to me. Essentially, you’re saying that because nearly every blog *you* read posted about these two things, that *all* bloggers did that and are, thus, copycats. I think that’s too small a survey.
i have a wide variety that i read, probably close to 100 feeds. It’s not just this instance there are many other times it has happened as well. Even not with this bloggers essentially copy eachother by rewording articles discussions etc.
even news programs cover different stories.
Sphinners are the biggest copycats.... 5 posts on blogrush....can we all stop drinking the same koolaid already. Groupthink....the downside of web 2.0, the upside of linkbait.
I think it hurts bloggers for covering the same thing ive already read 20 times. I read everything through a feed, so If Im uninterested I can just unsubscribe and not come back. What if 50 people thought that? There ya go ryan lol, yes what we need is another blogrush post!
I agree with this one. Almost all blogs that I follow in this field wrote something about BlogRush these days. Enough already. Where’s the unique and valuable content that everyone is saying you should have.
Well, that’s like saying ALL reporters are copycats. If you read and subscribe to 50 blogs about online blog related stuff it only makes sense you would see 50 articles about the same big blog related product launch. You’d also get 50 different viewpoints and 50 opinions on the product, which is exactly why you subscribed to 50 different feeds... right? I mean you say "even news programs cover different stories", but no, they don’t. You can flip between CNN, MSN and Fox right now for an hour and you will get the EXACT same set of stories, just with different analysts. If Dave Naylor writes about how he likes what he’s seen of the new MSN stat system, and then Greywolf blogs about their new system and how it will probably be inaccurate like most, and then ROI Revolution blogs about it as well with a side by side comparison to Google analytics... I don’t think that’s copycat, but different people giving their take on the same product that impacts their world. (for the record I have no idea if any of the above have written such articles, just a generalized fictitious example I thought we could relate to) I think maybe the thing that is hanging you up is this: "I think it hurts bloggers for covering the same thing ive already read 20 times." People aren’t checking what you personally have already read to determine what their next post should be about. They blog about what they want and it’s up to you, not them, to manage your feed list to suit your tastes. Too much news about the iPhone? Well stop subscribing to all those feeds, pick the one you like. People don’t change their content to fit what you want your overall feed list to look like, it works the other way around. I personally like having that freedom to choose, crafting my feed with multiple takes on the same story. You get a much fuller picture of what’s really going on.
im not saying they should write what I want, but after everyone is blogging about it, whats the point? Your not offering anything new and unique. The articles are mostly the same, wanting you to join under their referral, not offering anything new and unique. Let me clarify Im not saying ALL bloggers are copycats =)