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So what is the deal with this blog business?
Now is a good time to shamelessly plug my new ‘add comment’ feature at the bottom of each entry. If you are one of the handful of people who visits here (you are a VERY small minority guys but I love you all the more for it) feel free to add your two pence/cents/woolongs worth because I have absolutely no idea what the fuss is about!
From what I’ve read on other blogs there’s been a big discussion about how a lot of people are blogging the same ‘popular’ stuff and, what’s worse, writing their posts in the form of mere summaries of the latest ‘in’ fansub episodes. As I understand it there is a backlash against over-enthusiatic attempts at boosting hits and making thinly-veiled attempts at getting coveted places in the big sites’ links pages.
It got me thinking, it really did. In the short time that I’ve been running this blog I’ve been reviewing stuff that interests me. So I have the opening eps of Haruhi Suzumiya and Mushishi in my archives…that was because my friends recommended them to me and I reviewed them, neither knowing nor caring whether dozens of others were doing the same. From the outset I was talking to a small group of people I knew online and used their efforts as inspiration to do my own thing: do regularly updated reviews that allowed for more flexibility than CB.net’s main reviews archive allowed, plus a periodic journal. The thought of gearing my blog towards popularity wasn’t something that I really thought about before now and it probably never will be particularly important.
The problem is, the constant thought “Will this entry give my blog more hits?” might affect my choice on what I watch - that would defeat the object of the whole idea! I admit, some visitors have ben enticed in by googling for certain titles and it’s great to think that they are interested enough in what I say to visit. My point is, I’ll continue to blog these series whether I got one hit or a thousand because of them. I’m not particularly in touch with the wider anime blogging community nor am I the sort of guy who follows fashions.
So, what’s going to change around here? Absolutely squat, that’s what. I’m out-of-touch and proud of it, if my blog’s ‘in vogue’ it will be through pure accident and as you read this now you are one of a select group that’s in single figures. Later tonight I’ll be blogging the third ep of Haruhi Suzumiya. Why? Because it’s strange, funny and entertains me, not because every other bugger’s doing the same.
Feedback very much welcomed. ^_^
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