Dear diary blog
21 Jul
Today I’d like to talk about blogs.
There are blogs, and then there are diary blogs. But what’s the difference?
Just recently, there was a friend of mine who made a tweet rant about diary blogs and their significance (or rather, the lack of) when it comes to distribution of content access and rights.
Most rookie bloggers start as diary bloggers. Such blog are commonly filled with day-to-day two-or-three-lines posts detailing their day. Many remain that way.
Here’s the thing: do these diary blogs deserve exclusive content and preference over other blogs? This may sound harsh, but let’s face it: no.
When you come to a diary blog, you’ll have to brace yourself for internet sins. Flash clocks, self-playing music, glitter-follows-your-mouse-cursor or snow-falls-across-your-screen Javascript junk, theme plagiarism and more.
Chances are, the diary blog you last read was on Blogspot. The blog address contained more than one word, one of which is an adjective or common noun. The blog has a theme that is bright pink with plenty of placeholder links in the sidebar/footer – the lousier ones take inspiration from pages like these. You could hear Justin Bieber in the background. Pictures seemed like they came from a motion-blurry, oversharpened Sony Ericsson Walkman phone camera album.
I’ve been there, done that. Silly days, they were.
But of course, diary blogs will continue to flourish for as long as there are readers willing to suck in all of that with their conscious mind in tow.
Diaries are meant to be kept for yourself for a reason. Alternatively, setting a with-permission-only access would seem like a good idea too. We wouldn’t have to accidentally stumble across it.
Have fun blogging, all.
P.S. It’s a nice day today. I found a snail in my garden. But I won’t post a picture because it’s blurry and I genuinely care for your sanity. I hope it can be mutual.
P.P.S. Of course, this does not apply to every diary blog out there. There definitely are gems among the thorns, and some actually prove quite entertaining. This post isn’t directed to anyone in particular – it’s just here to highlight a common trend among blogs. There is no right or wrong when it comes to blogging (with a few exceptions. Self-playing Flash music player is wrong, wrong, WRONG.)
i find them pretty amazing to read a little about their life and stuff. HAHA
Yes! That’s the voice of a million people’s impression against Diary Bloggers(TM)!
YauHui is a newb!
They call it diaryblogsrithis.
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Deleted? Where? I still see diaryblogrithis. :O
Nevermind. I think it didn’t get through.
Is it the newb one? Got flagged by spam filter. :X
good thing i don’t care about diaries.. xP
or my blog would in the range of those diary blogs you were talking about.. xP
Yauhui is a newb! HAHAHAHAHA
Ooh. Looks like somebody has a disliking for diary blogs.
Well, what’d you classify yourself as then? =D
The question isn’t about diary blogs. It’s about these blogs’ rights to exclusive content. I don’t mind diary blogs at all (except for those that have sinned. REPENT!)
And me? I don’t know, casual blogger maybe? Hey, I don’t post about how my dog rolled on its back everyday.
Yes, I had Justin Bieber playing on my blog 10 years ago! I hereby claim how 1337 I am because I have heard of him way before radio started overplaying him and now he sucks.