Something For Nothing?
May 9, 2008Baby Got Linebackers
May 9, 2008Because the mood surrounding Cleveland sports is suffocating today, how about something completely different? A little blogging music please…
Let’s get this out of the way first- “Who are you to say what is good and what isn’t? You’re nobody with a small potatoes sports blog!” Yep. You’re right. Actually not totally right, because this site isn’t even mine. This ia a collaboration, and the best parts probably aren’t my ideas. That enough? I freely admit I’m not an authority ok? Ok.
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If you plan on writing something longer than 3 sentences, and actually want someone to read it, DON’T USE THE BLACK BACKGROUND WITH WHITE LETTERS! No really. Some of us would like to use our eyes the rest of the day. Dark backgrounds are for pictures and video. If that is the bulk of your site, please feel free. And spare us the ultra-cool, script type font. DO make your site readable.
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DON’T STEAL SOMEONE ELSE’S STUFF. When you find something that someone else wrote/did that you think is excellent and you want to share it, remember it is ok to quote a sentence or paragraph even, as long as you provide a link. That we all seem to get. But let’s amend the rule a bit. If the material that you are ‘quoting’ is more than 1/3 of the article, perhaps that is a bit much. Another tip- if you discover that the ‘quote’ takes up half your article, then you didn’t really write it. Make it a comment on their site. Or blatantly provide a link and ask for discussion, without posting the whole thing on your site.
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The internet is a really big place. If you don’t like another blogger’s opinion, there is no need to attack his/her character, family or genetics. DON’T SPEND YOUR DAY LOOKING FOR FIGHTS. Really. We’re not impressed.
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DO HAVE SOME PERSPECTIVE. Your opinion is not the final word on a subject. For that matter, DON’T ASSUME EVERYONE CARES, about your team/sport/organization. They may or may not be ‘the best’ right now, but everything goes in cycles my friends. Even you Yankee fans, and just because the mainstream media loves you doesn’t mean we all do.
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DO UPDATE YOUR BLOGROLL. Or else get rid of it. If you aren’t checking the sites on your blogroll frequently, then perhaps call it something else, like SITES I AM SUCKING UP TO! (Yeah, Deadspin is in my blogroll. Could that be because I actually look at it?) If you don’t want to stand behind the people in your roll then toss ’em.
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DON’T LINK TO PICTURES OF MOSTLY NAKED PEOPLE WITHOUT SOME KIND OF WARNING! Forget whether or not you’re at work, some of us don’t want to look at that anyway. (By the way, if you are a blog that wonders why I don’t ever link to you, this could be a clue…)
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DON’T BLOG ABOUT THE BENGALS. Apparently they don’t like it.
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DON’T MAKE LISTS. Nobody likes lists, and especially…
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DON’T STRETCH OUT A LIST JUST SO THAT IT HITS A ROUND NUMBER.
8 Comments
Um…..#8 says don’t make lists….isn’t your entire post a list??? 🙂
No…wait…yes. Yes it is.
Hey, I like lists.
Then again, I liked Greg Swindell.
I liked Swindell. But I liked Doug Jones more.
I always had a thing for Eric Plunk and Paul “The Ass Masher” Assenmacher.
Luis Medina all the way
Ernie Camacho was the balls as well.
My pet peeve is commenters who (this is often on message boards especially) write 1,000 word responses to topics. Has anyone actually taken the time to read that shit? If you have that much to say and can’t keep it short and sweet…start a blog.
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