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July 15, 2003
bloghumping
Sorry Dannii, but the oversampling of Dead or Alive does not recieve my approval, although it's fun to groove to. Janet sampling Sly is clever and subtle, yours takes the entire riff and uses it as the backbone of the song. There is a difference - clever borrowing vs blatant hacking. It's sort of like me serving a dish Martha Stewart cooked up and said it's mine, as opposed to taking some spice from one of Martha's recipes and using it in my own dish.
And the blazing sword of righteousness flares stronger. I pull the sword just an inch from the scabbard as I ponder the ethics of bloghumping, as I will call it. Bloghumping is the near-duplication of another blogger's blogger list, or the continual borrowing of ideas or topics from another blog. The concept of bloghumping also extends to Friendster, where suddenly someone has a friend list nearly identical to yours. It's all about individuality, as I strive for my individuality. Then there's the whole phenomenon of blogwhoring, where one continually drops names of other bloggers on a daily basis in lieu of original content. One righteous campaign at a time, Jimbo...
If I can even lift the Blazing Sword of Righteousness...last night's first attempt at lifting was WEAK! About 20# less on everything I usually do. It was either the two weeks away from activity or the removal of lymph nodes that did it. Eager to get back to rugby on Thursday, however.
There is an e-mail on Bubba's blog, you know. Don't let the fu scare you...I think she's lonely down there on the Texas coast, and probably holed up in a cellar with Internet access at the moment.
Posted by jimbo at July 15, 2003 4:18 PM
Comments
what an atrocious rant coming from someone who blogs--an activity no carried-out by some 6 million people daily...are there biters out there? Certainly, even I find inspiration in other people's thoughts, that's one very good point about the millieu, I thought.
Posted by: beenhexed at July 15, 2003 5:28 PM
Jimbo, I couldn't agree with you more about bloghumping and blogwhoring. I wonder what, eh hem, 'tard thinks about it. I bet, uh, dogpoet has a thoughtful piece on it as well. Too bad they can't all be as original as everyone's fav,beaverhausen, with it's sassy Karen-theme. I thought we were all past this with the mighty jimbo discovery, but I see this is an issue deserving of our diligence! ;)
-drew
Posted by: Andrew at July 15, 2003 7:20 PM
wow, territorial bloggers..whoda thought. It is a web after all. all interconnected...right? And if the so-called blog parasites are being accepted by the pilfered people...wheres the crime?
Posted by: GURL at July 18, 2003 3:08 PM