[cross-posted and promoted from a comment on this dkos diary at mrsdbrown’s suggestion – metajesus]
in response to a diary that asks how to get on the recommended list:
you guys don’t get it.
it’s not about making the rec list.
it’s not even about getting tu mojo.
it’s about feeling better about your politics, your positions, your issues.
it’s about getting better at being able to communicate.
it’s about being a part of a community in an environment that is actively trying to keep us separate.
the only reason, and i mean the only reason to blog, is because you have shit inside of you that will make you physicially sick unless you get it out on the screen.
you have to express yourself, and blogging lets you do it. you are creative. maybe not a painter or dancer or musician, but you have to put words together in a fashion that puts your ideas across.
seriously, kids, if you blog with the goal of getting on the rec list, you are not only wasting your time, you’re wasting mine.
blog with the goal of communicating. blog with the goal of sharing. blog with the goal of connecting.
if being on top really makes your day, then get your own blog and be your own boss. then you’ll be recommended every single day, ‘cuz you’ll be the one recommending.
fuck the rec list. i haven’t been recommended at dkos in almost two years, and i still go there, and come here to booman, and all the others, every day.
even worse, this diary is the last one of mine that made it.
if you got it.
But wouldn’t that be a contradiction?
is a contradiction.
Indeed, to be honest to his diary we should either give him a 3 or nothing. But he writes like that Gilroy person with a lot of lines.
Fuck that. I gave him/her a 4 just ’cause I wanted people to know I read a lot without recc’ing or mojoing. It’s a good statement.
But, you’re right, paragraphs rock. :>)
he isn’t gilroy. but he loves to be talked about in the third person.
Hmmm…bit of a conundrum here.
This is a depressing diary for me. I love to read Skippy, and ‘that Gilroy person.’ Usually love to read the comments, but this one has turned into a dKos discussion about ratings and biggest mojo. That’s when I stop reading – who really cares?
Is it worth discussing at all? Not to me, and probably not to Skippy either.
Booman Tribune needs a sign saying “leave your ego at the door.” Thanks Skippy – it’s a good one.
I’m proposing the creation of an unrecommended list. (My secret desire has been to be at the top of the unrecommended list!) Please unrecommend appropriate diaries. Those diaries at the top of the unrecommended list can be demoted to the bottom of the front page in a special place of dishonor. Your comments below, please. </snark>
How Republican – the sheep here, the goats there!
We need ratings for diaries, like for comments. And while we’re at it, how about fractional ratings? We need to accurately reflect all the shades of gray in the Democratic blogosphere.
I’d rate this 3.1415926…
(Care for some pi, anyone?)
Funny thing.. the other day I noticed that I was the last recommender responsible for getting one of AGs diaries on the recommended list. So I unreceommended it and watched it bouce off the list. Took about 5 minutes. Then I rerecommended it and a few minutes later it was back on top!
Soon enough I had Arthurs diary bouncing up and down like a YoYo!
Sorry for the “meta” discussion.
Ingenious diary. Unrecommended!
You say the objective of writing stuff on blogs is to communicate. Agreed.
For communication to occur, someone has to read your post, and ideally, respond with comments. Getting reco’d is a means to that end, as it gives the post visibility and longevity. Hence, recommending good posts is a simple and easy but valuable community service.
If “expressing oneself” per se were all that mattered, why not just save your writing in a Word document and leave it at that? Why post at all?
but i think that worrying about getting on the recommended list often gets in the way of the original point of blogging, ie, communicating your thoughts.
sure, you want as wide an audience as possible, but fretting about getting a bigger audience often times (not always, but usually) tends to flatten out originality.
it’s a fine line, as is everything.
Why not?
Does it always have to be this:
I thought your previous diary (and the associated comments) was incredibly funny!
Maybe we need to discuss how many surrealists it takes to end the war!
If it makes you feel better, I didn’t rec this!