Traits of a Web 2.0 super-blogger
The web 2.0 super-blogger is a species seen on the web commonly blogging on his own site about unimportant matters, is usually a member of a tightly-knit clique and has the following traits:
- Name checks other super-bloggers
- Overuses sarcasm, Latin phrases and words such as hiatus and grok
- Carefully dissects views of anyone who disagrees with him in a long blog post
- While dissecting dissenting views, also brings to attention less important details such as minor spelling or grammatical errors to further “drive home the message”, thereby absolving himself of any such errors on his part
- Swears profusely in blog posts and justifies it with “artistic licence”
- Tries to raise donations on promise of a t-shirt, more posts or a “good, fuzzy feeling inside”
- Posts photos of himself with important-looking guests
- Tells other people and large companies what they should be doing
- Always thinks he’s correct and consistently mocks others who challenge this assumption and lose
- Takes the future of one organisation to heart, defending its every action and becoming impervious to any negative comments about it (commonly involving Apple, Inc.)