Comments on: Disease of the 2000’s – “Blogger Crossover”

By: Will

Will — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:31:14 +0000

Nice post. I go through this a lot too. A lot of the times I find some good artists/songs to talk about but then I see every other blog has posted it. So I almost feel like it is pointless or that the other blogs would just think I am copying them.

The secret is to add something unique to the table. I guess you just gotta use your best judgment, and just have fun with it.

By: slowcoustic

slowcoustic — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 01:16:41 +0000

I guess it is to each their own at the end of the day. I do agree with Burgo and if someone just did a great job with something, a link is good as I couldn’t compete.

@ Agnes, go on girl – you post that sh#t!
@ Herohill – I completely agree – and don’t get me started on Animal Collective…quality over quantity should be the goal, imho.

Thanks to all 3 for commenting – good to see you bloggers out on day pass! ;-)

By: herohill

herohill — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:34:32 +0000

I completely agree with you, but sadly, we are in the minority. If you look at hypem.com/popular, you see like 25 of the 50 are the same Animal Collective songs on different blogs.

It’s almost like you have to decide, I don’t care about traffic and just want to write about bands I love, or simply post about every band that is sent out in PR emails. We opt for the former, but we have the small numbers to proof it might not be the best business model ;)

By: Agnes

Agnes — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 10:23:16 +0000

I actually found myself not posting something the other day for this reason. It was Antony & The Johnsons ‘Aeon’ which I’ve seen posted all over the shop lately. Think I’ll post it anyway, but will do it as an album review rather than a ‘hey, check out the first song from their album’ thing.

By: Burgo

Burgo — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 23:49:47 +0000

Yeah, it *is* a tough call, isn’t it? I’ve always had in my head that you should blog by the rule, “Will it contribute something to the discussion?”. If the answer is no, then maybe just share the link to the original post with your readers, as there’s no real point just contributing to the noise.

If you have something to add though, that’s either counterpoint to the other posts, or another take on it, then why not add your two cents? After all, it’s your blog isn’t it? :P