so you call me crassly egotistical and then get huffy when I call you a fool?
It’s becoming a bit of a tired meme. Insult all bloggers using overgeneralizations and snarky language, closely track posts about your article in the blogosphere, report back, quoting nasty remarks and say this proves your point that all bloggers are just the way you said they are. I’m as worried about civil discourse as the next person — the lack of it on Council lists sometimes disturbs me — but I’ve also always thought that the best way to ensure that things stayed civil was not to call total strangers names in a public forum in the first place. Perhaps it’s just me. [thanks rikhei]
May 22nd, 2005 at 12:04
Blog People Tri-Dux
Sigh. The dean of Indiana University’s School of Library and Information Science is at it again. One of the hallmarks of blogging is the “ego-search.” That’s what it’s called when one searches for one’s own name (we used to use…
May 22nd, 2005 at 10:27
Blaise Cronin’s latest masterpiece in hypocrisy
Jessamyn’s short post and J. Michael Arrington’s longer post sum this up well. But I’ve decided to narcissistically add a few more words of my own. After the Gormangate Blog People fiasco, I briefly wondered if the strong reaction against
May 23rd, 2005 at 12:20
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May 24th, 2005 at 12:28
Randomata for May 23rd, 2005
Our Take Back The Backyard campaign has begun in earnest; we are covering the entire yard in cardboard and mulch to get a fresh start. Our gardening philosophy is 99% organic.