A friend from Blogathon left a message here. He was basically trying to counter my criticisms but unfortunately seems to have played right into the arguments. Let me make something clear, I am not against this Blogathon at all, but yes my previous blog was meant as a suggestion.
While I have posted on the negative aspects, let me also clarify that what these guys at Blogathon have done is really good. This is first of such organized events and there ‘may’ be few slips. That is what the next times are for.
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Agent says:
1000 posts on 1000 topics makes no difference.1000 posts on 1 topic DOES make a difference.
Buddy, sorry to say 1000 posts on 1 topics also makes no difference. Actually, if you look at it, it is worse than 1000 posts on 1000 topics.
All it takes is one post to make a difference. Remember Gettysburg speech?
Agent says
Of these 1000 posts, atleast 5 might be heard. And of these 5, atleast one might be worth hearing!
Again, as above. Who will bear reading 995 not-so-good stuff to filter out the finest five.
Agent says
I think all that all bloggers here can testify that they don't blog what their readers want (unless they are in it to make money), rather, their readers want what they blog about.
I again disagree with you. Bloggers blog on various topics that they have interest in or are constantly studying. For example, I blog on financial aspects because I work in the industry in similar capacity; I blog on social aspects of technology, because I constantly track and study technologies.
You will see there is not a single code of “ad” in my blog. It is just that I do not talk about things I do not know about. I do not want to add to the opinion spam.
I write for myself and my readers and I don’t lie to them.
Agent says
I don't see any way in which the readership of a blog might be affected by putting in a few off topic posts
I agree to this. But only if we can make an original contribution to the thought stream.
Agent says
We aren't doing this just to increase blogging activity and have fun. That's pointless. We're doing it for a social cause, as well as to increase the awareness level about blogging.
Dude, that’s the whole point! You took the fun part out totally. Many people including me do take part actively in social causes in real like. I speak for myself and many others here, blogging is a fun zone. I have also blogged on social issues before but only when I had something deeply personal or original to contribute.
You certainly don’t want to run Blogathon alone!
You cannot increase the awareness by making it boring!!!
Who will, for Christ sake, read through hundreds of opinions, with each being similar (if not copy) of the other.
I reiterate this point very strongly – You cannot ask a painter to blog on dancing. You cannot ask a dentist to blog on space technology. Let painter be a painter and dancer be a dancer. They have capability to show how beautiful the world is; let us see it through their eyes.
That will be fun. That will be Blogathon.
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It was very sweet to Blogathon to actually reply to my thoughts. If only all the business listened to their customers like this, that will be Fortune 500! Great going guys, I am with you on this.
While I have posted on the negative aspects, let me also clarify that what these guys at Blogathon have done is really good. This is first of such organized events and there ‘may’ be few slips. That is what the next times are for.
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Agent says:
1000 posts on 1000 topics makes no difference.1000 posts on 1 topic DOES make a difference.
Buddy, sorry to say 1000 posts on 1 topics also makes no difference. Actually, if you look at it, it is worse than 1000 posts on 1000 topics.
All it takes is one post to make a difference. Remember Gettysburg speech?
Agent says
Of these 1000 posts, atleast 5 might be heard. And of these 5, atleast one might be worth hearing!
Again, as above. Who will bear reading 995 not-so-good stuff to filter out the finest five.
Agent says
I think all that all bloggers here can testify that they don't blog what their readers want (unless they are in it to make money), rather, their readers want what they blog about.
I again disagree with you. Bloggers blog on various topics that they have interest in or are constantly studying. For example, I blog on financial aspects because I work in the industry in similar capacity; I blog on social aspects of technology, because I constantly track and study technologies.
You will see there is not a single code of “ad” in my blog. It is just that I do not talk about things I do not know about. I do not want to add to the opinion spam.
I write for myself and my readers and I don’t lie to them.
Agent says
I don't see any way in which the readership of a blog might be affected by putting in a few off topic posts
I agree to this. But only if we can make an original contribution to the thought stream.
Agent says
We aren't doing this just to increase blogging activity and have fun. That's pointless. We're doing it for a social cause, as well as to increase the awareness level about blogging.
Dude, that’s the whole point! You took the fun part out totally. Many people including me do take part actively in social causes in real like. I speak for myself and many others here, blogging is a fun zone. I have also blogged on social issues before but only when I had something deeply personal or original to contribute.
You certainly don’t want to run Blogathon alone!
You cannot increase the awareness by making it boring!!!
Who will, for Christ sake, read through hundreds of opinions, with each being similar (if not copy) of the other.
I reiterate this point very strongly – You cannot ask a painter to blog on dancing. You cannot ask a dentist to blog on space technology. Let painter be a painter and dancer be a dancer. They have capability to show how beautiful the world is; let us see it through their eyes.
That will be fun. That will be Blogathon.
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It was very sweet to Blogathon to actually reply to my thoughts. If only all the business listened to their customers like this, that will be Fortune 500! Great going guys, I am with you on this.
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