Please someone, anyone do a new thing!
July 7th, 2008 | by Brook Durant |
Lo, I am doing a new thing, now it springeth up - Isaiah 43:19
I was thinking today that it is so rare to see anything truly new anymore. Originally I was going to write this article to complain about the lack of “newness” among blogs. Sadly I’m not the only one who noticed this…
- Lack of original content for your blog
- Lack of original content for his/her blog
- Lack of original content forces vacation
- Waht’s wrong with the Blogosphere Part 1
Etc, etc, etc
I could probably go on for a year citing other blogs and sources that have come to the same conclusion that there is nothing new in blogging. I’ll take it a step further. The lack of originality extends to the traditional media, especially op-ed pieces and so-called round table discussions. Why? Because bloggers have already ruined covered it 3 days before it happens. I suppose that doesn’t matter to someone who doesn’t read blogs, but is there such a person anymore? I mean even if someone didn’t actually read blogs you can rest assured they’ve hear them quoted day after day by various news sources.
When was the last time you sat down and said to yourself - Self, now THAT was truly original!
I just ask because either I’m right or I’m really missing something somewhere along the line. I mean how many get rich quick schemes “make money online” blogs can there be? Or how many insert blog topic here blogs can there be? Are any of them original anymore? It used to be that some were original because they were clearly first but anymore it’s hard to tell.
So my appeal to the masses is simply this, do something new. Write about something new (unlike this article), give us a new reason to read your blog. Make me want to add you to my feed reader because there’s something original to be found in there. I have 25 blogs in my feed reader at the moment and with the exception of 3 of them it’s all just a rehash of each others articles. I beg you dear blogger, end the madness! Write something original!
And those of you who frequently find yourself fodder for various blogs… You too have a responsibility in all of this. You too must do something new. Something worth gossiping about that is revolutionary.
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By Angela on Jul 7, 2008
Here’s some irony… the lack of original content when writing about the lack of original content. I dare you to say that three times fast.
Angelas last blog post..A nine-year-old’s perspective on the presidential election
By Brook Durant on Jul 7, 2008
Angela - Hey now I fully disclosed my lack of original content can’t hold that against me!