thinking Bloggers
Wednesday April 4, 2007
There’s a bit of a buzz going around about the thinking Blogger awards, and I’m very grateful for those who have nominated me for one (CafePhilos, Yang-May’s excellent Fusion View and old-hand Nacho at the Woodmoor Village Zendo).
The thinking Blogger awards work as a web-based meme, in a fashion somewhat akin to the way that pyramid selling and chain letters work. Each person nominated (or ‘tagged’) is strongly encouraged to nominate (or ‘tag’) five more people. And so it doesn’t take long for the number of thinking blogger nominees to skyrocket (and, incidentally, for the currency to become debased).
So I’m going to pass on passing this one on, although I appreciate being nominated by these fine fellow-bloggers of mine; but if you want some good, intelligent reading, there are some places you can find it on my link-list.
Yeah, it’s a Ponzi Scheme, doomed to collapse. Or, if people follow the rules [like you’re not] it will quickly lead to hyperinflation such that having a thinking blogger award is no big deal, it depends on how many thousands of them you have. Your website will end up crowded with the graphics of the award and there will be no space left for you to blog.
