Recently, I've had the chance to play around on this cranky machine of mine, and run into "blogs of note". Some of which I've bookmarked, in order to see if I like them enough to add them to my list of what I read. If they're any good, I'll add them.
Maybe.
Because now I wonder. I've been reading Gawker for a while, and some other sites. I, at first, wondered at the self-importance of the posts and the comments. To be honest, I don't have the best first opinions about folks from New York City. Blame it on law school. But why I questioned was because the folks I met, and the ones whose blogs I read, are really, really, REALLY aware of their presence on the internet. Now, don't get me wrong, I do pay attention to the hits on this site, and glory in all of them.
Still. I was reading Fimoculous, and reading the comments on his site, and I was really taken aback. For all the articles on the power (and viciousness) of the blog and the blog comments, I had never seen it for myself.
It took me full circle. Maybe the best thing to do is to not link, not let anyone else see what you see. I know that's hardly the point of this little Internet, but wow!
Now I know what he means when he talks about microfame. And I can see how it can affect your worldview.
And I also get the irony of the links in this post, but without context, y'all got nothing.
Oh, and if I can ever figure out how to get from A to, oh, say, D, without losing my point, you'll be the first to know.
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