Comments on: So You Have a Blog -- Good For You http://inoveryourhead.net/so-you-have-a-blog-good-for-you/ social capital, trust agents, all that jazz Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:27:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Brent the Closet Geek http://inoveryourhead.net/so-you-have-a-blog-good-for-you/#comment-173732 Brent the Closet Geek Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:43:05 +0000 http://inoveryourhead.net/?p=1079#comment-173732 I don't think I get why talking about your blog is a bad thing. I <b>wish</b> people would bring up their online lives more often, but for most people I know, where they go and what they do online doesn't come up. I don’t think I get why talking about your blog is a bad thing.

I wish people would bring up their online lives more often, but for most people I know, where they go and what they do online doesn’t come up.

]]> By: Amber Whitener http://inoveryourhead.net/so-you-have-a-blog-good-for-you/#comment-173725 Amber Whitener Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:57:36 +0000 http://inoveryourhead.net/?p=1079#comment-173725 When you are in a darker mood, you can go find people to complain with. When you are searching for positivity, you will find that too. I think these diverse bloggers are equally as important. It places a sort of new balance in the world. I get discouraged by the ones who go around and comment viciously simply because they are trying to make the blogger appear ignorant on their topic, or just looking to bring others into a bad mood with them. When you are in a darker mood, you can go find people to complain with. When you are searching for positivity, you will find that too. I think these diverse bloggers are equally as important. It places a sort of new balance in the world.

I get discouraged by the ones who go around and comment viciously simply because they are trying to make the blogger appear ignorant on their topic, or just looking to bring others into a bad mood with them.

]]> By: Whitney http://inoveryourhead.net/so-you-have-a-blog-good-for-you/#comment-173713 Whitney Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:22:51 +0000 http://inoveryourhead.net/?p=1079#comment-173713 I think anyone with a blog is guilty of some of this, because a blog is a personal soapbox. The challenge is to get people to change their mindset in general to something more positive. Think about highlighting great experiences, rather than being cynical. Share something you know something about that might help others (My recent FTC posts have been about trying to get people to understand them, rather than be reactionary or only parrot what other people say.) Think of your blog as your op-ed opportunity- if you could write something for the newspaper, what would it be? What would it say about you? How can you use this soapbox to help solve a problem, fix a problem, get others interested in a topic they may not have thought of... As a highlight, this also makes your unique point of view more visible and makes your blog a heck of a lot more fun to read than a typical "Yeah, and life sucks and here's why" post. Chris Penn does a great job of this. Julien obviously does, as do a bunch of other blogs out there- the best posts are great conversation starters, here and in your real, person to person life. I think anyone with a blog is guilty of some of this, because a blog is a personal soapbox. The challenge is to get people to change their mindset in general to something more positive. Think about highlighting great experiences, rather than being cynical. Share something you know something about that might help others (My recent FTC posts have been about trying to get people to understand them, rather than be reactionary or only parrot what other people say.)
Think of your blog as your op-ed opportunity- if you could write something for the newspaper, what would it be? What would it say about you? How can you use this soapbox to help solve a problem, fix a problem, get others interested in a topic they may not have thought of…
As a highlight, this also makes your unique point of view more visible and makes your blog a heck of a lot more fun to read than a typical “Yeah, and life sucks and here’s why” post.
Chris Penn does a great job of this. Julien obviously does, as do a bunch of other blogs out there- the best posts are great conversation starters, here and in your real, person to person life.

]]> By: Elie Kochman http://inoveryourhead.net/so-you-have-a-blog-good-for-you/#comment-173710 Elie Kochman Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:53:27 +0000 http://inoveryourhead.net/?p=1079#comment-173710 Nice way to sum up the vast majority of blogs - incredibly accurate. Ironically, you have just complained on your blog about people complaining on their blogs (not that it will stop me from coming back). I was looking for more blogs to follow, not for the complaints, but for informative articles, critical reviews, etc. Unfortunately, most of the blogs I was initially referred to drove me away by the incessant complaining. Maybe this article will help get rid of some of that. Nice way to sum up the vast majority of blogs – incredibly accurate. Ironically, you have just complained on your blog about people complaining on their blogs (not that it will stop me from coming back).

I was looking for more blogs to follow, not for the complaints, but for informative articles, critical reviews, etc. Unfortunately, most of the blogs I was initially referred to drove me away by the incessant complaining. Maybe this article will help get rid of some of that.

]]> By: Julien http://inoveryourhead.net/so-you-have-a-blog-good-for-you/#comment-173711 Julien Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:45:01 +0000 http://inoveryourhead.net/?p=1079#comment-173711 PS: None of the irony/circularity of this being written on a blog is lost on the author, thanks. :) PS: None of the irony/circularity of this being written on a blog is lost on the author, thanks. :)

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