Rob from Boing Boing Gadgets has posted a piece on the various types of icky blog mail forms chance scattered about the net like so much , uh , lazy writing . He ’s right ! We do apply a crowd of the same forms over and over again , sometimes because said bod are what fit the content best and sometimes because we just write so many damned posts every mean solar day it ’s just easier to employ tried and true formula . Here ’s what he had as # 10 :
10 : The blockquote sandwich Lede , blockquote , analysis , quip . The form is simple , and done well , it makes for a perfect post . As a formula , however , it ’s poison . First , precede what you ’re going to quote . Then cite it . Then say what you think of it . get nothing to add ? Drop the depth psychology all in all , or replace the wisecrack with a enquiry for your readers .
What do you think , guys ? He also does n’t like it when hoi polloi essentially rewrite posts in their own words , as it ’s basically like blockquoting but with more effort involved and with the magic trick of write original depicted object . You know , because you ’re just reprise what someone else says but not postulate the time to add your own depth psychology or insight . That ’s what he had for # 9 ! He also mentions look-alike macros ( check ! ) , snark ( arrest ! ) and troll for attention ( fuck you , Beschizza ! Also , John McCain is old and Sarah Palin is a backwater nutjob ! Anyone who disagrees with that is a racist ! ) . His number one worst eccentric of web log office ?
1 : The Top List Yes , even this one !
So self cognisant ! In the end , it ’s a in effect reminder that no one is immune from pass into routines and having their body of work suffer because of it . We ’ve been tasked with provide quality content to our readers , and we owe it to them to put in effort on every C. W. Post we publish , assure that it does n’t step on familiar territory and remains worthwhile and worthful . I pledge to you that from now on , I ’ll take blogging as seriously as it deserve to be taken . I wo n’t have you down . Now if you ’ll excuse me , I postulate to go shit out 75 words about some USB thing with lights on it or something . [ Boing Boing Gadgets ]
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