When we enter into an endeavor, we usually do not know what lies ahead. We get so excited being involved in an activity or an undertaking that will surely harness our talents and abilities. We get thrilled that we will get to know or meet other people which is as diverse and as unique like us. We get hesitant because we know we will also be dealing with drawbacks. But the most important thing is we get exhilarated with the thought that someday somehow our effort and talents will be recognized and that someday we will reap the fruits of our labor.
This is also how it is when we decided to enter the blogging world. Most often, we always read tributes that are given to excellent bloggers, or comments that praise the magnificence or uniqueness of a writer, or mentions that detail the craftmanship of a web blog or a web site. These writers surely had reaped what their determination had earned them. They are so popular so to speak. But only a few, as I have observed as to this time, remained humble and magnanimous in their victory.
These are some observations about SOME popular bloggers:
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They wanted fame. (who doesn’t?) But the eagerness to acquire fame become so evident that they wanted many people to visit their sites but they do not intend to return the visit as acknowledgment, no replies or even a single comment. Though a blogger could always choose not to come back if the site did not pass their taste, it is a waste of time to bother.
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They cannot afford to receive criticisms. Some of them have this mentality that they are the best, and no one can beat them. Observe how they are threatened with negative remarks.
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They seek only influential bloggers. If you are not a significant blogger, why would they care? You may be bright, eloquent or magnificent but if they cannot gain something from you one way or another then you are not a candidate link.
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They form bandwagons. If you do not go along, you do not belong.
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They glorify themselves with the idea that they are being imitated, plagiarized or robbed of concepts. There are plagiarists, alright, but this is such a delicate matter that you cannot just throw such accusation outright. They are not the only ones who can think of that particular concept.
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They are arrogant. A humble person even in front of an adversary or a detractor will be polite and discreet. This should also be true with bloggers. Arrogance could reduce to rubble a fellow blogger’s regard to a popular blogger.
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They also steal ideas. Just observe. To maintain their popularity, they have to be consistent; they need to have clever ideas to maintain consistency. But there are also times when their minds become inactive (or their brains are not functioning well? ahihihi) and they could not think of anything bright. Your idea could be stolen and since the blog is popular, it continues to gain popularity though the idea came from you. The pilferage is not obvious because of the add-on words.
Popularity is not forever. But the question is how did you maintain that popularity during your time without sacrificing your values, beliefs and individuality? If you are an upcoming popular blogger, would you choose to be popular at the expense of others, or at all times be magnanimous in your victories?
These observations were not borne out of bitterness but out of the honest assessment on SOME popular bloggers.
oiiiiiiiiiiiiiii anonymous onlurker este looker,
you’re nothing but a second rate, trying hard COFFEE CAT! tsk tsk..plagiarism na intellectual property infringement pa..sa’n mo nadokwet yan at kinopya and paste? pero ride ka sa elegant effect ko ha?*shamfal* to your fez, galit tuloy si Sharon effect ko.
oiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii, eto ang Italian effect ko sha yo, STONATA e FEA..hmp!
ei bakit ka kse fikon ha? kaw va “famous blogger?” *wink*
oiiiiiiii, sya nga, amin na kse eh…
here’s my final message to you:
. “Pride is increased by ignorance; those assume the most who know the least.”
~ John Gay (1685-1732)
English playwright & poet
ay di fa ako tafus…
oi, wak mo ko gaya ha, intellectual effect ko yan, copyright numero un deux trois quattre, circa kopong kopong.
and since you asked for it here’s the meaning of my french ek ek for everybody to see as i promised, di va we should keep our promise…*wink*
en francais: “A nous, tu es une mouche qui voyage, en haut, sur la tete d’un elephant!”
en anglais: “To us, you’re simply a fly riding high on the head of the elephant.”
en tagalog: “Sa amin, ikaw isang vangaw lamang na nakafa-elegant effect standing in the vukol of the kalabaw, este elephant.”
en visayan” “ay damo na akon sinabi, closed shop na guid ako at damo pa akong trabaho sa amo kon.”
a tout a lhuere…and have a good life mi amiga anonymous con onlurker con are you the famous blogger described by Madame Bing? super obvious pikon ka kse eh…:)
bye….”i love you luckyyyyyyyyyyyy.”
p.s.
oi di vangaw yung mole ko sa fez ha? takot ako elepante kaya di ako ride unlike you who finds it hallucinatingly exhilirating perhaps?
vyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee…..bon nuit!
@caco – thanks for the entertainment. even the kids laughed at it.
Madame Bing,
Anytime…:). I can even sing during your blogging parties if you want…dami akong practice, seven years experience moonlighting sa Canadian Deaf and Mute Society as a Celine Dion act during their anniversary celebrations…:).
Kids, I hope you didn’t pass any silent gas to Mom when you were laughing..hahaha…
Take care…:)
Hello Bing
Found your post from Renee’s blog.
I am surprised by the amount of hullabaloo raised by your post. I think Anonymous/Melinda are over-reacting. You had valid observations, and all you did was to express them. I don’t detect any intended malice on your part, so I don’t see why people have to get prickly.
It’s a free country, di po ba? It’s not as if you named names; if you wanted to, I suppose you could have. I suppose trolls want to operate within the same freedom granted to bloggers, but then with freedom (as with power) comes responsibility. (At least that’s my idealistic hope.) Now if you managed to point that out to your readers, then you have already achieved your purpose.
I fully support your power and your freedom to blog.
Cheers!
hi monanoke, oo nga,e. and i am receiving a lot of the good and bad.
thanks a lot sa pagdalaw.
got here via pradamama’s blog (renee)
all i can say is, every blogger can write what they want to write about. you wrote about what you observed and that is your right.
anyway, i blog because it’s cheaper than calling family/friends all over. hehe
hi… well, yes, justice, and to add WE DO NOT WRITE BECAUSE OF APPROVAL, OR FAME, OR BECAUSE OF MALICE (as others say).
natawa ako sa reason mo for blogging. oo nga, me katwiran ka.
nice artic! kanya kanyang opinyon lang yan hehehe… siguro sa susunod “Some Popular Commenters” naman… peace!
hi glenny, thanks for coming over… oo nga, no?
am relatively new in blogging, this entry has the most numerous comments, grabe
anyway, ang haba ng inabot ng discussion…who would have thought that such an entry would generate the myriad of reactions that it has.
para sa akin, wala namang masama sa pagsulat ninyo ng inyong mga naobserbahan. kung may ilang natamaan, marapat siguro silang magmuni-muni kung bakit sila naapektuhan ng gayun-gayon na lamang, gayong napaka-general ng post.
hi, true ka dyan. didnt expect that this would lead to something that would even create animosity. the intention was purely to let each blogger reflect and remind themselves if ever. sad, but happy, too, to discover people like you to see it the way i like it be seen.
thanks for dropping by!
hi, true ka dyan. didnt expect that this would lead to something that would even create animosity. the intention was purely to let each blogger reflect and remind themselves if ever. sad, but happy, too, to discover people like you to see it the way i like it be seen.
thanks for dropping by!
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naku! babalikan ko tong entry mo na to! hahaha! bz lang sa sona ngayon! hehehe! i'd say as far as this entry is concerned? i like! i like!
luma na ito, reynz. but sana mag enjoy ka ha ha
Bing, LOL! ilang taon na ito but i can say this is specially true now, sa dami ng mga bloggers na. yung iba nga walang laman ang blog kundi wag na nga lang
hi, julie. glad you enjoyed this hullabaloo.
hehehe I layk I layk I layk… matagal ko ng tinapon yung ideya ko na maging popular blogger ako, sa sobrang dami ng popular mahirap ng makisiksik lol!
Just browsing your blog. I like it. I don’t care (and usually don’t know in the first place) if a blogger is famous, I just care for the content.
hello, nalen. pasensya na ngayon lang nabasa ang comment mo. oo nga, not really worth it.
we are on the same boat, bel.