Blogger Burnout

This article was contributed by guest blogger Saskboy of Abandoned Stuff by Saskboy.

The Tyee has an excellent article with some of Canada's top bloggers giving their theories about online life. I agree with all of them. Raymi [NSFW] has a good line about all online hobbies turning into addictions.

Mr. Good got me thinking that an excellent blogging system, that would fit into my ideology surrounding reader comments, would be to have a system where I can easily vote up, or vote down comments. This way I can direct commentary in a post the way I want it to go, without removing the work some [troll] put into adding tripe to my pages. This way they'd be free to be read by those who want to waste time, and I'd not have to be saddled with the regret from deleting what they think is very important. There is something to be said about saving disk space and just deleting them, however... but I've not yet reached that point.

I can feel myself slowing down in my blogging, but that's because I'm at a juncture in real-life. I won't stop blogging any time soon though, since it's a personal archive (as one of the top bloggers mentioned in The Tyee article), and it's how I can look back and find something I want to reminisce about. I also like that I can help others through my photo archive, or personal experience. Today many people found on my site that "Canada RIT" means they got direct deposit from the CRA, probably there due to their GST or Tax return. They know that now, because I took a moment to write it on my blog the other year.

Another benefit to blogging I've found is that it's a way to "tag" your life. If you want to see when you last went to a place, just search that place name on your blog. If you watched a movie before, but don't remember what you thought about it (because it sucked), check your blog. Of course this only works if you have remembered to write about the details you want to search by later. It doesn't always work. When asked by a reader just yesterday, I couldn't find the photos of Saltcoats' Cemetery I know I had put on my blog years ago, no matter what search I tried. I guess there's something to be said for putting accurate subtitles under pictures, and banal detailed blogging.

--

Hat tip goes to Woman At Mile 0.

Like this article? Subscribe and get Too Real articles sent directly to your feed reader or, if that isn't your thing, rock your inbox with an email subscription.