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it's called CHEATING....

.....when you cut and paste a post you did a while ago back when you used to be on blogger right? Well that's what I'm doing cos I can't be bothered thinking right now!!

Originally posted 27 Feb 2006:

This old blogiverse is wondrous enchanting and at times just like high school! Since stumbling into this crazy, tripped out alternate reality I've discovered it's not really that different to life. You meet people (read blogs). Some you like, some you don't. Some you agree with, some you don't. Some you even gather into a little circle about yourself and you talk about (comment) stuff you have in common. You visit each other's houses (blogs) regularly, and tell the world they are your friends (blogrolls.)

There is no real definition of a blog that rang true to me except one: A webpage with regular dated entries. So simple. No rules, no regulations, no right, NO WRONG. But it doesn't really capture the uniqueness of every blog out there, or the bloggers behind them.

Just like in real life, there are the popular ones, the nerds and geeks, the slackers, the intelligent, the funny, the good looking, the ugly, the fat, the bald etc etc etc. There are those that think they are better than everyone else, those that can and do, those that can and don't, those that just can't and those that try no matter what. There are those that do what they think others want them to do, and those that are true to themselves, those that are trying to find themselves and those that are trying to hide themselves. And just like in real life, and be honest here, how many of us 'judge' a blog based entirely on the first 5 second impression? Kind of still sounds like high school doesn't it? How many times during our teen years did we hear the saying 'don't judge a book by it's cover?' yet still did, and do.

Lately I've come across posts, comments and even articles about this whole strange subculture that is growing on an hourly basis. Take a look at this blog entry here for just one example. It's a corker, Sass, your the greatest. Michael over at smoke and mirrors has recently shared his thoughts on the lack of acknowledgment by some bloggers when linking. I also recently found myself reacting in a very high school like manner when Michael wondered if I'd been to a popular site and then had blogged about the same topic. I didn't, and was quite distressed at the idea that he thought I hadn't thought of it on my own! It got me to thinking about just how much I hated high school and it's cliques, and bitchiness and how much so many blogs I see are just like that. I have one blogger who recently shared some personal info on her blog but hasn't done it in the past for fear of backlash as received by a blogger friend of hers because a VERY popular blogger suffers from the same affliction. How sad is it that someone doesn't feel like they can be or talk about themselves because of possible hate emails (as received by her friend)?

I for one try and treat my fellow bloggers as I would a new person I met face to face. If they say hello, I say hello back. If they take the time to find out about me, then I'll do the same in return. Common courtesy should be as prevalent on this medium as it should be in any other. As should be the acceptance that each person and therefore blog is unique, individual and worthwhile. If you don't like a blog, don't visit it. Don't leave nasty hurtful comments. Would you do that to someone face to face? Probably not. Why do people treat others so differently just because they are on the screen and not in your face? Why do people feel the need to judge and try and define that what a "blog" should be and what makes a "good" one?

And we wonder why war seems to be on of our favorite pastime People have forgotten how to be nice to each other.