Comments on: Content Blogs versus Syndicate Blogs?

By: steven streight aka vaspers the grate

steven streight aka vaspers the grate — Thu, 12 May 2005 14:33:48 +0000

The deconstruction philosopher Jacques Derrida was known for quoting large sections of another philosopher’s text, then adding brief commentary to it. But Derrida’s commentary, even when very short, is usually astonishing.

So I say, if your post is a quote of and comment on another blogger’s post, you better have something profound to add to it.

You better disagree intelligently, or point out something easily missed, or clarify, or expand, or correct, or somehow bring something worthwhile to the topic.

Otherwise, you are “re-blogging” in the worst sense of the word.

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Tue, 03 May 2005 05:59:13 +0000

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By: Malach

Malach — Tue, 03 May 2005 03:30:11 +0000

One of the things I’m looking at with one of the blogs I’m considering starting up, is a target ratio of content vs syndicated, and some way of recording (for myself) which posts count as which.

The thing is, however, that something that starts as ‘just’ a link post can evolve into content fairly quickly if you have something to say on the subject. Where do you draw the line?

At the extreme end, you can present links from a variety of sources on the same subject, trying to present a balanced view while adding your own commentary. That’s somehow more than plain syndication, and getting into content generation – perhaps it’s more like editorial aggregation?