Right now, the 4th 'Most Popular' blog on Amatomu's aggregator is Hot Gossip.
In the Life column, there's the following feature: Hello, my name is Tertia and I am a whiner.
The 11th most popular News and Politics blog is Poes.com, with posts by a chap called Masterbeer. Charming.
In the Life column, there's the following feature: Hello, my name is Tertia and I am a whiner.
The 11th most popular News and Politics blog is Poes.com, with posts by a chap called Masterbeer. Charming.
Do I really want to be associated with such mindless drivel?
If all was well with the world, perhaps being drivel (driven) to such purile destraction would be entertaining, even funny. Given some of the urgent issues of this era, it's fair to describe our attention spans as suffering from schizophrenia, AAD, and general craziness.
But then I return to something a colleague said: "We're fucked. But why worry, when it's so obvious just how totally fucked we all are."
Ok then: Why worry? Why blog?
Even more worrying is that the top content of this blog is some of the most inane stuff possible. In first position is a Rugby World Cup joke, 2nd is a description for a sex position, then something on a serial killer. People don't apparently care about what's worth caring about. The internet unfortunately proves what the state of our collective mindrot is. So if I put 75% of intelligent constructive content up on this site, but the masses gravitate to the fraction that is negative ranting, or otherwise titillating garbage, am not essentially reinforcing the cycle of mental vacuousness? Sadly, this apparently hopeless malaise once again confirms why our species is due for a massive KLAP.
Here's the top content for this site, measured for the last 3 months. Sad, but true.
1. 2007/10/van-at-rugby-world-cup-joke.html
2. /2007/10/italian-chandelier.html
3. /2007/10/chaval-caveman-cometh-pictures.html
4. /2007/10/chabal-human-wrecking-ball-video.html
5. /2007/10/mask-tv.html
6. /2007/10/worlds-worst-serial-killer-richard.html
7. /2007/10/radiohead-releases-in-rainbows-free.html
8. /2007/10/gee-die-bal-vir-bryan-habana-music.html
9. /2007/10/nz-choker-picture.html
10. /2007/10/report-rotten-neighbors-at-rotten.html
But then I return to something a colleague said: "We're fucked. But why worry, when it's so obvious just how totally fucked we all are."
Ok then: Why worry? Why blog?
Even more worrying is that the top content of this blog is some of the most inane stuff possible. In first position is a Rugby World Cup joke, 2nd is a description for a sex position, then something on a serial killer. People don't apparently care about what's worth caring about. The internet unfortunately proves what the state of our collective mindrot is. So if I put 75% of intelligent constructive content up on this site, but the masses gravitate to the fraction that is negative ranting, or otherwise titillating garbage, am not essentially reinforcing the cycle of mental vacuousness? Sadly, this apparently hopeless malaise once again confirms why our species is due for a massive KLAP.
Here's the top content for this site, measured for the last 3 months. Sad, but true.
1. 2007/10/van-at-rugby-world-cup-joke.html
2. /2007/10/italian-chandelier.html
3. /2007/10/chaval-caveman-cometh-pictures.html
4. /2007/10/chabal-human-wrecking-ball-video.html
5. /2007/10/mask-tv.html
6. /2007/10/worlds-worst-serial-killer-richard.html
7. /2007/10/radiohead-releases-in-rainbows-free.html
8. /2007/10/gee-die-bal-vir-bryan-habana-music.html
9. /2007/10/nz-choker-picture.html
10. /2007/10/report-rotten-neighbors-at-rotten.html
So why bother blogging at all?
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