Ten Things Bloggers Do Wrong
--(And here I thought blogging was like sex; you couldn't do it wrong)
1. Only link to what we've already read and only say what we've already heard.
I try to avoid this though that post about Ward Churchill was like giving ice to Eskimos.
2. False modesty.
Sometimes guilty, although SiteMeter is always a cause for modesty.
3. Clearing the archives.
I've got the archives of ten bloggers. No false modesty there, 'eh?
4. Become overly concern[ed] with blogging "rules."
I don't think so though that is a concern. Conformance in blogging is always a mistake; I can't be a Tom Kreitzberg or Steven Riddle. And certainly the rule that you have to have comments is something I've resisted.
5. Fail to follow basic punctuation rules.
I hate commas. Never know quite where to put them, or whether I'm too free with them or not free enough.
6. Substitute slang for ideas.
Not that I'm aware of.
7. Fail to take advantage of 95% of the blogosphere.
Probably so; there are surely many great blogs I'm unaware of. I rarely read any of the heavy hitters except NRO's "The Corner".
8. Become a one-note charlie.
Don't think that's a problemo.
9. Decline to put up an "about the author" link.
I have a Blogger Profile up, even if it's not all that helpful. As John Denver once wrote me (paraphrasing) don't let me get in the way of the value the post has for you. Although if I had a more interesting background I'd probably have an "about the author" section. And it has a downside: I recently received an email that ended "God Bless whoever the heck you are!".
10. Decline to participate in their own comments section.
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