September 21, 2006
Blogging notes
Last week, guest blogging at SerAndEz I asked "What kind of blogger are you?"
A new blog Chazzarah, asked the question, and determined that he would be a linker. Lots of links; not much commentary. Check it out.
Joel Achenbach, BTW, has decided that he'd rather a linker be. (He still does quite a bit of writing.)
Speaking of new blogs, a regular reader e-mailed me that he was participating in a new blog Campus Newspaper Confab. Their blurb reads
Dissecting -- and making fun -- of the news and opinions of American college newspapers. 'Cuz it's just so easy to do!If you've ever read the self-important, pseudo-intellectual, sloppy stuff that runs in college newspapers - on the level of Walt and Mearsheimer (h/t Meryl Yourish ) - you'll know that there's plenty of fodder out there.
A couple of regular reads are doing guest stints at Protein Wisdom: Pillage Idiot and Sundries Shack. Nice going guys!
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Posted by: Maryland Conservatarian at September 21, 2006 9:50 AMWhen I explored this same question way back in May of 2003, I identified just two types of bloggers: linkers and writers.
I contend that's still a viable taxonomy if viewed in this context: the former highlights someone else's content; the latter creates new content. With this context, photobloggers, storytellers, essayists, etc. are simply sub-categories.
At that time, I also put forth this intentionally controversial generalization: linkers blog for the benefit of others; writers blog for the benefit of themselves.
Oh, and I consider myself to fall squarely into the "writer" category. ;-)
Posted by: Eric at September 21, 2006 12:18 PMBack in 2002, Steve Den Beste quotes some readers who break it down into "linkers" and "thinkers". Daniel Drezner, discusses the pros and cons of the two, though he uses the term 'portal'.
Every once in a while, it's good to take a step back and evaluate what you are doing.
Which reminds me...Kesiva V'Chasima Tovah to all.
Posted by: Chazarah at September 21, 2006 12:37 PMG'mar tov to all.
Posted by: Jack at September 21, 2006 11:48 PMWhat kind of blogger am I?
split personalities?
Shannah Tovah!
Posted by: muse at September 22, 2006 5:02 AMI'm a linker. I have a definite and obvious point of view, which my links support. I try to give a short opinion on each piece, but for the most part, I think the writers of the articles say it much better than I do, which is why I choose to highlight them. Occasionally, when I am fired up and can't help myself, I will write a longer piece.
If I were blogging this, I'd link to Eric, above. I like the way he looks at the issue. : )
Shanah tovah to Soccerdad and his readers.
Posted by: Gail at September 22, 2006 10:28 AM