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Re: Blog News Aggregators: What’s the Point?

Blog Bloke — Tue, 08 May 2007 20:01:00 -0000

No prob. Unfortunately I can only delete comments. Your comments are great and I hope you will drop by again soon.

Re: Blog News Aggregators: What’s the Point?

clkl — Tue, 08 May 2007 07:46:00 -0000

TYPO!!!

Oops. Sorry. That first sentence in the second paragraph should read:

Again and again, I find an interesting, honest, and original blogger (iHOB) with original content,

(I have no idea what "trigerminal" is, or how it infected my post. Please edit if possible. Sorry.)

Re: Blog News Aggregators: What’s the Point?

clkl — Tue, 08 May 2007 07:43:00 -0000

I agree, Blog Bloke. As a blog consumer, it is very frustrating.

Again and again, I find an interesting, honest, and trigeminal blogger (iHOB) with original content, subscribe, and witness the idea flow get cluttered (and eventually choked) with guest posting on similar blogs, inane top 27 lists, regurgitated linkspotting, and whatnot.

I assume the iHOB enjoyed a couple of bumps in traffic, and like a crack addict, obsessing with the supply became more important than the high. There is a point where it becomes clear that the iHOB is spending more time enacting guidelines from some linkbaiting manual, rather than being the iHOB that drew me to him.

I wish I could open a hole in the Great Echo Chamber and call in, "Talk amongst yourselves, echoes, echoes, echoes, echoes..." and then let them send only the iHOB-worthy posts out the hole back to me.

Re: Blog News Aggregators: What’s the Point?

dean — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 06:36:00 -0000

I prefer to do my own filtering.

Re: Blog News Aggregators: What’s the Point?

Blog Bloke — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 20:24:00 -0000

Hi Robert. Your point is well taken. I was actually thinking along the lines of the TechCrunch types when I wrote this (I wasn't referring to you, honestly :)

Now that I know you are a subscriber (ditto for me as well), I'll be sure to keep on my toes. BTW, I got you beat on the newsfeeds. I literally subscribe to thousands (filtered of course).

A very Merry Christmas to you and your family.

P.s.: In the spirit of Christmas giving, when can I expect a link? (grovelling, grovelling)

Re: Blog News Aggregators: What’s the Point?

Robert Scoble — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 19:47:00 -0000

Well, I'm a filter. I read 436 feeds a day right now (which is how I found your post, since I'm subscribed to you). But, that takes time. So, I build a link blog by "Shift-S'ing" only the interesting stuff in my Google Reader. That ends up to be about 50 posts or so, out of hundreds I read.

So, I end up saving time for my readers. Oh, and sometimes I post my own news as well thanks to my contacts in the industry.