Blogging: Worse than transfats?

In Pop Culture by Heidi Nyburg on Monday, June 18, 2007

Is Blogging bad for your health? Millions of people spend hours inside their homes, slaving over a heated laptop battery reposting creating content that they hope someone will read and enjoy and maybe even Digg or Stumble. These days blogging material is rampant but before YouTube and Flickr and Getty online, content was scarce and bloggers were forced at times to blog about things found in every day life. And gasp, forced to create their own original content. It was hard work and we lost a lot of good men out there. In 2005, the nonist created and published this helpful document with the aim of helping those bloggers suffering from what is known as Blog Depression. These days, as Culture Kills reported, new blogs are almost more prevalent than new porn sites. That means two years later, there are a lot more bloggers out there who may be experiencing the symptoms of Blog Depression. In light of this influx of bloggers, we are reaching out by posting the Snide.com Blog Depression pamphlet in its original form.

Not sure? Here is a short check list:

  • You find yourself posting vaguely amusing YouTube videos and your only commentary is “meh?
  • You’ve issued a veiled cry for help by threatening to quit blogging
  • You spend your days hitting the Stumble button and feeling inadequate

Read on, then go outside.

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Go. Outside.

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8 Comments »

Comment by MC

June 18, 2007 @ 2:50 pm

Everything you need to know about me as a blogger in the first twenty seconds of this clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14i0MUXR2fo

Comment by Heidi Nyburg

June 18, 2007 @ 3:07 pm

MC- A++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Comment by Semaj

June 19, 2007 @ 5:26 am

This post is great, and I’ve gone through all these stages.

Comment by Caitlynn

July 24, 2007 @ 8:06 pm

I know some people who seem to be going through blog depression. I’m going to direct them to this post. :)

Comment by mlankton

September 1, 2007 @ 6:49 pm

Since my site is niche and news driven, I get guilt pangs when there is no news. I try to do an info or opinion piece, but that’s really not my focus.
I actually get excited when some big piece of news relating to my niche comes out, like I have to rush to get an article wrote before anyone else does.

Comment by 1389

September 15, 2007 @ 8:20 am

Ohhhh…tell me about it! Excellent article - very true and very funny! I believe that all bloggers face these issues at one time or another. All the more so if the blog addresses difficult issues.

I’m the founder and admin of a team blog that focuses on providing tech and Web 2.0 savvy for the antijihadist/counterterrorist community. As you might expect, we have blog posts about keeping your blog up and running, adding features to your blog, and promoting it in various ways.

But we also report news about blog censorship, the abuse of censorware to blacklist counterterrorist sites, other forms of cyberjihadism, political correctness, and ongoing jihadist activities around the world that are not adequately covered elsewhere. Just by reporting this news, we’re going up against some truly evil people. Let’s just say that the blog has had some mighty strange visitors lately!

What keeps me and many others going is the gratitude of others who believe in what we are doing and tell us so. I’d like to take this opportunity to thank everyone - too many to list here - for providing the emotional and spiritual support that keeps us going.

1389

Comment by markofando

October 2, 2007 @ 4:04 pm

Want to start your private office arms race right now?

I just got my own USB rocket launcher :-) Awsome thing.

Plug into your computer and you got a remote controlled office missile launcher with 360 degrees horizontal and 45 degree vertival rotation with a range of more than 6 meters - which gives you a coverage of 113 square meters round your workplace.
You can get the gadget here: http://tinyurl.com/2qul3c

Check out the video they have on the page.

Cheers

Marko Fando

Comment by Helen

September 5, 2008 @ 11:57 am

Blogging can be very addictive as well.

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