I was reading the 7th of August issue of Newpaper (it is really called Newpaper, no spelling error), I felt very disappointed after reading an article, titled “When The Blog Bug Bytes”, on page 30.
This article, written by Edwin Yeo, greatly criticizes the act of blogging. Here it goes:
1. Blogger have too much time on their hands
This is an unmistakable trait among regular bloggers. I know, because I tried to start a blog once and I could only manage to write three entries a month. One would have to give up quite a bit to maintain a decent blog, and given my busy schedule (drinking beer IS work), I just couldn’t find the time to maintain it.2. Bloggers do not sleep
Given how nice and updated some of the blogs look and the time the entries are logged (usually when people are either sleeping or surfing porn), it is safe to assume that they do not sleep. Nor surf porn.3. Bloggers are not alcoholics
When do the even find the time to drink? Unless they drink at home, in which case, they are the worst kind of alcoholics.4. Bloggers do not reproduce.
At least, not in the normal way that human beings reproduce. They spend prime reproductive hours in front of their computers and, last I checked, you can’t conceive having cyber sex.5. The female of the species like being in the buff
This doesn’t apply to all female bloggers, but of late, they seem to like getting naked. I’m not complaining, mind you, but isn’t there some law squeaky-clean Singapore? Then again, topless entertainment isn’t exactly a taboo here, is it?6. Bloggers hate publicity but love attention
How many times ahve you heard a blogger rant about how they write for themselves and nobody else,and yet, they are happy if more people read their blogs?See, in the old days, when we wanted to write for ourselves, we had this thing called a diary (and that’s usually kept under lock and key). And if anybody read our diaries behind our backs, it was justified homicide if we killed them.
Personally I think this person must have written this article because he doesn’t support blogging much. And the reason why he hates blogging? God knows and he knows for himself. But I think it is extremely incorrect to have millions of sentencs with hasty generalisation published in the Newpaper.
One of the most serious error he has made is:
Bloggers do not reproduce. At least, not in the normal way that human beings reproduce.
I think he is indirectly implying that we bloggers are not human. On the other hand, he said that we bloggers are so free that we have nothing to do so we started to blog. Hello? I am a busy secondary school student, juggling blogging with school work, studies, project work and CCA. And I’m coping with all these things pretty well. I say that blogger who can maintain a decent blog and have achievements in real life is a good time manager. Unlike SOMEBODY who has nothing better to do but start off a blog, pruposely writing a mere 3 posts a month and then use this example to criticize how lousy can blogging be.
Lastly, I think that this article must have offended many bloggers (I am offended too!!! :mad:). Post your views / comments about the article please…
and you got the article from a newspaper? can’t believe that they even published this article. it’s trash and not to mention baseless. I mean, all the guy talked about was HIS opinions and HIS thoughts.
I also have this feeling that whoever wrote that article knows a lot about cybersex and surfing phornographic sites.
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5. The female of the species like being in the buff
This doesn’t apply to all female bloggers, but of late, they seem to like getting naked. I’m not complaining, mind you, but isn’t there some law squeaky-clean Singapore? Then again, topless entertainment isn’t exactly a taboo here, is it?[/quote]
Yup!!! I totally agree with you! I am awefully disgusted by his self-centered arguments that doesn’t make any damn sense to others except for himself.
He obviously hasn’t come across my blog. I am a mother of seven, I work from home and I have a very busy schedule. I blog to give encouragement to :moms with special needschildren, large families with young children, single parents and battered women. I make time for the things that are important to me and that is how I accomplish soo much. If anyone cares to verify that I am not the only busy mom in the world, check out http://www.momys.com.
I think he may have been on a deadline and took the easy way out!! hehe
Thanks for sharing the article!!!!!!!
Lacks depth, coherence, aptitude and ….suffice to say it’s crap. I wonder how he got employed in the first place. But then New Paper is crap too.
The worse thing is that I sent an email to the author of this article and he inisisted not to reply me e-mail! Blah.
And sometimes I wonder why can he be a writer… so biased and the scope is so damn limited, and the worst thing is that he didn’t give the other point of view of blogging. I think he has offended lots of bloggers like us.
It seems that you have left out this last para he wrote:
“Jokes aside, I love bloggers and I do think that some of them, such as Mr Brown, are excellent writers. Our Singapore blogosphere needs more Mr Browns but, unfortunately, reproduction is a problem among the species.
I’m kidding. I know Mr Brown is married with children. Please don’t make A*Star example out of me.”
Well, this parapgraph shows that he is contradicitng himself. Anyway he still says that “unfortunately, reproduction is a problem among the species.”…
Hmm, what does he mean by this then?
he then went on to say “I’m kidding”
maybe this article is some sort of satire?