BSlogging Reaches A Fevered Pitch
One of the things about blogging that I have found interesting is that you can go along for a long while and everything is pretty much alright. But then you wake up one morning and you feel like you may have slept on a pea. Or maybe you dreamed about flying saucers.
Or maybe you just woke up and wondered why you spend hours working on blogs every day and get nothing in return. Oh, wait. Maybe not nothing. You do receive comments from time to time that are very nice. Someone enjoys a photo or something you have written.
And that is your reward. What else could it be? Money? Don’t make me laugh. Hundreds of people coming to your site? Yeah. For two minutes and then they are gone.
So I woke up this morning and for some reason I just started questioning why I am doing all of this labor. And probably if one person had written a nice comment I would have just relaxed a little and let it go. But how many times do you expect someone to write a nice comment? I have a small group of readers who have done that many, many times. And we have sort of gone beyond that stage. We are in the psychic realm of communication where you don’t have to actually type anything on your keyboard. Right Bernie?
So that’s not really the answer. I was hoping my new blog might change things but it really hasn’t done a thing. Nobody has said much about it. Maybe it is a waste of time. Maybe blogging is a waste of time!
Taking photos is not a waste of time. However. And writing poems is not a waste of time. True art is not a waste of time no matter if you are pursuing it at a most basic level. It does matter and I will never regret spending the hours that I have spent doing it.
But the next person I read who suggests exchanging links is going to see my hands coming out of their monitor and grabbing their neck for a nice squeeze.
There is so much BS in Blogging. It should be called BSlogging. It’s like a horse race only when they open the gates five thousand ponies suddenly hit the track. It’s just beyond understanding and I hope there will come a time when just about everyone decides to go on to the next great thing. And please take a bunch of the SEO gurus too. Load them on your shoulders and carry them away. They are not needed.
They are going to hate that I said that. They are all sitting there with their SEO stuff and knowledge of CSS and advertising like cowboys who round up the herds of ponies. But did they actually ever create anything? Mostly No. And do they answer e-mails? Mostly No.
There are exceptions, of course. But most of them don’t have the time to do the things that they preach. They are too busy figuring out how to rake in the dough.
I don’t care about the dough ( in BSlogging. I care a great deal about it elsewhere). None of these BSlogging wizards makes meaningful money as far as I am concerned . I care about the beauty in nature and meaningful emotions. And I am tired to death of dealing with the BSlogging that goes along with sharing these things.
I may just decide to call in my favorite band of aliens and have them all picked up and taken someplace nice for a thorough inspection so they better behave themselves.
And before I complete this diatribe let me say that there is a special place in my heart for one Adaii Freelancer who can’t seem to find the time to answer questions about his special themes. He and the rest need to take the time to communicate and answer questions. Issuing edicts is just not a good alternative.
There are no kings and queens on the internet. But when they actually do return on Showtime I will be there! Henry VIII is returning soon. He was able to cut off your head if you displeased him. And I can respect that.
What are these guys going to do? Cut off your internet service? I don’t think so.
Update: Thanks to those who stumbled/reviewed the Virginia Breeze poems. It means a lot to me. If you haven’t done so I would encourage a look in that direction. I have a personal interest of course. But it also sends a message of encouragement to all of us who are trying to use our talents to create something that will last awhile in our blogs.
I will obviously win no popularity contests. But some of the things in here will be read and appreciated (I hope) long after I have ceased to put fingers to keypad. And this is not stated often enough in Blog Land. Sure there is talk about quality content. But that’s about it. The details are left up to the blogger’s imagination in many cases.
Quality content is something that often does not readily translate into viral impact or money making opportunities. Poetry often does not attract a large audience. Maybe it is just not that good. Or maybe it takes too much time in this fast paced world to appreciate it.
I like poetry that is easily understood but also is able stir up deeper emotions in some readers. That’s what I try to do and I have no illusions that my poetry is anything but a hobby and an amateurish effort. But it can still be good and worthwhile as well as those other things.
So I encourage everyone to try to create and/or support something meaningful in their blogs. Bernie creates wonderful photos of flowers. Helena takes wonderful photos of animals in her beloved Maxwell Zoo. Barbara always has a new and imaginative idea for a photo. And Ron is all over the world taking photos of everything that can contribute to a beautiful photo.
I hope you will support these things. Stumble/review them. Add them to your blogrolls and talk about them in your posts. Elevate the level of conversation on the web. Virginia Breeze Poetry just received about four thousand hits from SU and out of that number maybe 200 folks actually read one poem. But that’s cool. Reaching people who will enjoy this sort of thing is good. But it takes a lot of work and causes frustration at times. Have I gone beyond the recommended number of words for a post yet?
Way, way beyond? Oh Dear. I better stop!
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You know David it is kinda strange, but just the fact that I know you and others who I have gotten to know are always there is a nice security blanket for me. I know you have put a lot of work into your blog and I appreciate the juice you throw my way, I only wish I had half the writing skills you posses, hopefully thru all this we will have learned something to help us thru life and if not I know I have made some great friends along the way
Thank you Bernie. I appreciate your comments. I really do. I am having a discussion with Beth right now and hopefully she can help me see some daylight here too. It just seems like such a losing game right now.
David,
You better not quit blogging…I just found you and I think your photos and poetry are exquisite. Two of my favorite things…not that I have the talent to do either. That’s why the rest of us need bloggers like you to share your talent with us! Take care and keep blogging.
Thanks very much. That’s all that I need really. Just to hear that once in awhile like many of us do. Mothers in the kitchen. Fathers doing their work. Mothers doing their work. Children trying to achieve something in school. Grandparents trying to let everyone know how much they care. And a good friend just stumbled Virginia Breeze poetry a few hours ago. And the nicest thing happened. A bunch of people I do not know also stumbled it as well. That is nice.
I spent about three days total out of about eight months on those poems. And they seem to be the thing everyone Googles here. Many keywords come from the poems. It just goes to show that we sometimes don’t know what is going to be the real good thing about our blogs. It’s an experiment for us all.
Blogging doesn’t necessarily have to be a waste of time. It doesn’t have to be all about money. It can be a way of sharing your thoughts and dreams. If you are one to write poetry and share photos, even if it brings a smile to one person it was worth it. The fact that that person never took the time to say thank you does not belittle the effort that went into your work or it’s result.
Chin up and keep blogging away.
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Thanks for being encouraging Sire. I see you have some poetry in your blog as well.
You are being way too polite David, but I thank you none the less.
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