Blogosphere Growing Pains

Being relatively new to this blogging thing, which is quite evident by the “worth” calculated and mentioned in a previous posting here (which I’d link to here if I wanted to take the time to do so), as well as by the content posted since this blog’s inception, I am the first to admit my rank amateur status in the blogosphere.

As a student of the whole phenomenon, however, witnessed by my url tracks on many, many site meters I’m certain, I do find it curious how it’s growing up and evolving.

Specifically, the formation of the Pajamas Media http://pajamasmedia.com/site/about/
and their perceived or actual restraints on what used to seem like independent blog authors who have turned their hobby into a business by joining or being invited into that organization. From my perspective, it’s big business (not necessarily all that evil and bad) entering into, and thereby affecting in its usual fashion, what used to be a much more personal, private, independent sphere.

Growing pains from this are evident by a few holdouts like the great Hog On Ice http://www.hogonice.com/ which I’ve visited often and look up to as an example of what this blogging thing “should” be. Funny, opinionated, not afraid to offend anyone, passionate about quite a variety of subjects, somewhat egotistical at times, and most importantly, well spoken.
Lately, the little pissing contest between these two has provided quite a bit of entertainment for me, along with an interesting study of personalities and the sphere’s growing pains. Growing pains as it becomes a more organized force as an alternative to the Main Street Media (MSM) which we all know and don’t much trust or love anymore.

I actually know a guy who still relies on the MSM for all of his news and information about going’s on in the world, in spite of my beating him over the head and shoulders for living like that. Can you imagine? He’s a misguided fool/tool of the MSM, just like so so many more used to be before the online media gained in popularity. But, alas, I digress.

Anyways, it’s kind of interesting to watch all this. It’ll be fun and a learning experience to see how it all shakes out and develops.

I, for one, will be a student in the audience. Always learning. Hardly ever applying what’s learned, though. Staying disunreconnected, I suppose.