Socially Inept Blog-ineers
This account was taken from a "Birds of a Feather" session on blogging at the Microsoft Professional Developers conference. I think he's talking about the people who care about the infrastructure behind blogging more than "bloggers", but still the sentiment is depressing. There are few things more irritating than socially insecure semi-intelligent grown men (not so much women - it's a testosterone thing) getting in a group and trying to prove how semi-intelligent they are by discussing a contentious topic like children. The staggering lack of effort some people have to put forth to be an asshole is truly breathtaking.
I think there's a lot of good work being done in the content syndication community, provided you can evade the energy-sucking deinzens that float around like Inky, Blinky, Pinky and Clyde. Keep your eye on the prize.
Comments
I like your comments on my post. You're right that there was a disconnect between my interest in blogging and those that care about the infrastructure behind blogging. The session was fairly histrionic shouting match at some points and not the balanced discussion that I was hoping for.
Posted by: BenjaminM | October 30, 2003 11:26 AM
I feel for you, man. I can imagine that was really frustrating. Well, at least it's fractal: the childishness at the macro level (no names need to be mentioned) gets reflected at the micro level.
Thanks for sharing your observations!
Posted by: Eric | October 30, 2003 11:34 AM