turtlespeed 226 #26 October 12, 2010 QuoteQuoteSo, you have no words on the subject . . . What do you want me to say; that it's a lie and detail all the reasons Obama isn't going to change the rules of golf? Just pointing out that it's an old joke from the internet should have made point. Further, by knowing where the joke comes from we don't have to assume you wrote it. You're now off the hook for any stupidity associated with the actual words of it - just for posting it. What fascinates me about jokes like this is someone makes them . . . they sort of float around . . . then one day -BOOM- it's suddenly copied and pasted on a bajillion blogs all at once. Not that it's a conspiracy of uncreative bloggers, but holy crap they create very little in the way of original content. Most of them are just reposting something another guy said. It's the same way with this "joke" and the Lewis resignation letter. The blogoshpere is just horrible like that. Books work the same way. One day a book won't be popular . . . the next it might be a NYTBS! Are we supposed to stoip recommending books or stop putting up quotes that would entice people to read them?I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #27 October 12, 2010 QuoteBooks work the same way. One MAJOR difference, you generally know who wrote the book. Minor difference; the books become popular because people BUY them. With blogging it's different. In fact, there is an entire business, examiner.com, set up just to flood search engines with topics blogged about. I've written about this before. Go ahead and give it a shot. Take a random line from the "joke" in the original post, put quote around it and do a google search of it. I'll bet you that one of the very first responses you get to that search query is from a blogger on examiner.com. Another one you'd want to look for is sodahead.com. It has the same business model. This is ABSOLUTELY true of the Lewis resignation letter to the APS. By flooding the search engines, they're more likely to be clicked on which means they can charge more for their advertising. They're gaming the system and ultimately just creating more junk than value; exponentially more noise than signal. Remember yesterday you said you spent 20 minutes looking for any sort of information about the Lewis letter and couldn't find a thing to refute it? Well, that information was definitely there (I proved that), but for the average person that didn't know what to look for, it was drowned out by the noise of the copy and paste repost blogs.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #28 October 12, 2010 QuoteQuoteBooks work the same way. One MAJOR difference, you generally know who wrote the book. Minor difference; the books become popular because people BUY them. With blogging it's different. In fact, there is an entire business, examiner.com, set up just to flood search engines with topics blogged about. I've written about this before. Go ahead and give it a shot. Take a random line from the "joke" in the original post, put quote around it and do a google search of it. I'll bet you that one of the very first responses you get to that search query is from a blogger on examiner.com. Another one you'd want to look for is sodahead.com. It has the same business model. This is ABSOLUTELY true of the Lewis resignation letter to the APS. By flooding the search engines, they're more likely to be clicked on which means they can charge more for their advertising. They're gaming the system and ultimately just creating more junk than value; exponentially more noise than signal. Remember yesterday you said you spent 20 minutes looking for any sort of information about the Lewis letter and couldn't find a thing to refute it? Well, that information was definitely there (I proved that), but for the average person that didn't know what to look for, it was drowned out by the noise of the copy and paste repost blogs. I think the basic issue with the fringers who post things without attribution over and over.. want to be seen as being "schmart and funni" when they are preaching to their less than erudite crowd, instead of appearing as the morons they really are showing themselves to be. All those years of substance abuse do not tend to leave said fringer morons with the ability to rub what is left of their damaged brain cells together to any form of original thought. The regurgisphere gets worse every year with the same tired and regurgitated tripe that poses as humor among the regurgitators. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skipbelt 0 #29 October 12, 2010 there must be documentation on how little creative material is produced by bloggers , or it could just be an assertion ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #30 October 12, 2010 Quotethere must be documentation on how little creative material is produced by bloggers , or it could just be an assertion ! Quantifying it is difficult. It's a bit like saying "billions and billions of stars." While it's absolutely true there are a LOT of them, pinning an exact number on it is not really possible because more and more blogs are created every day. The issues isn't just an assertion, they're an absolute fact. http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=blogging+orginal+content+vs+repost&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8#hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&nfpr=1&q=blogging+original+content+vs+repost&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbo=u&tbs=nws:1&source=og&sa=N&tab=wn&fp=9f2370386c77b788 http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=blogging+orginal+content+vs+repost&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8#hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&nfpr=1&sa=X&ei=-Nm0TOnHDoKasAP25tzUCA&ved=0CBEQBSgA&q=blogging+original+content+vs+repost&spell=1&fp=9f2370386c77b788quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skipbelt 0 #31 October 15, 2010 obuma's golf leaving economy better off...http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/550279/201010131830/Time-For-Republicans-To-Man-Up-Ask-Blacks-If-They-Are-Better-Off.htmhttp://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/10/business/economy/10view.html?scp=1&sq=work%20less&st=cse Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skipbelt 0 #32 October 16, 2010 more obuma golf results in economy...http://online.wsj.com/article/SB20001424052748703673604575550322091167574.html Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
