My Internet Integrity

Anyone who has a blog, or posts regularly to YouTube, which I do both, knows the game. You'll get a message from someone saying they are following you. For my blog, I use Blog Catalog a lot and I get these messages all the time, as well as on YouTube.

But when you look into it, you know damn well that these people have never watched your video or been to your blog. It is the game they play. They have no interest in your blog, none what so ever. They just want you to follow them and read their blog, or watch their videos!

I can't help but have some integrity when it comes to the Internet. Here is my rules!

1. I never "Follow" anyone unless I truly enjoy their work.
2. I never leave a comment unless I have something to say about the post or video.
3. Anyone who has the courtesy to visit my blog, I will do the same back, using rules 1 & 2 when I get there.

YouTube is the worse when it comes to this. Everyone wants you to watch there videos buy most of them won't take the time to watch others work.


I have come across another blog that I enjoy reading called kelley's break room. You might want to check it out. Anyway, I went there, read a post that was interesting, left a comment and a few days later, Kelley was nice enough to leave a comment on my blog. That is Internet Integrity!

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The Personal Blog

I've gone back in forth on the personal blog. More often than not they are more like these blogs are more like a diary. When my search for intelligence began I came across hundreds of these and I first thought "Why?" Do I really want to hear about they guy you met at Starbucks today? I'm sorry you're lonely but . . .

Now as time went by and I've read a few of these, there is something I find intriguing. There are those that just tell you about there boring day, in a lifeless and humorless way but some people do a wonderful job baring their soul for all to read. I mean, I've thought of this but family and friends read this and do I really want them to know what a sick bastard I really am?

Sometimes you find some bloggers who really dig deep to express real insight into their lives, as if they are using the Internet as a virtual analyst. Others tell you about their lives in a more humorist fashion. And then there are those that combine both humor and deep insight.

Of course I guess we have to mention family blogs. I have come across many of these, parents documenting the raising of their kids. There are many single moms who write blogs about their struggles. Most of these are only an interest to those involved, family and friends, yet some do offer a bit to others who might be in the same boat, like the struggling single parent.

Now as far as intelligent blogs, I've got one that has nothing to do with what I've just wrote. It's called It's Good to Mock. This is a blog by Billy Y in which her pretty much mocks everything. Funny stuff here and you should check it out.

It's Good To Mock

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The Blog Search - Found One

Before I get started, I wanted to share a few observations in my search for intelligent blogs

1. The World does not need another "Best of YouTube" blog.

2. There are too many dead or dieing blogs out there.

I found a intelligent blog!
Confessions of a Recovering Cynic

This blog is by a 30 something lady named Tricia and I want to talk about a comment to one of her posts. She wrote a very entertaining piece called "I Love My Boobs". I thought it was funny. It is just a list of all the reasons she loves her breasts.

Anyway, most of the comments were positive except one. This is what someone wrote.
"You kind of sound like a whore..."

First of all, I find it sad that a person is so backwards that he or she things a women talking about she body makes her a prostitute. This is an old school mentality, you know, girls are not suppose to enjoy sex, or even talk about it,without being though of as a slut.

But I understand that some people still live in the early 20th century!

What gets me is the face that this person didn't even have enough guts to sign there comment. They left it as "Anonymous". Hey Anonymous, Tricia might sound like a whore to you but you sound like a pussy to me! If you are going to call someone a name, at least have to courage to stand by what you said.

And we have to wonder how that Anonymous found Tricia's blog? Could it be that Anonymous was searching for porn on the internet and found it? If so, it sounds a bit hypocritical to me!

Anyway, back to her blog. I find so many of the personal, diary style blogs to be of no interest to me. They are more geared to family or friends. Confessions of a Recovering Cynic is different due to both its subject matter and sense of humor.

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Also on the subject of Blogging, I found a great, very comprehensive list of 52 points to help one become a better blogger. It is on a site called The Writer's Pulse. If you think you are not doing something write, or are just beginning, I suggest you read this. In fact, I think, from what I've seen on the internet, most people could use this:

52 Ways To Your Blogging

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On last thing. I've got some friends that have some wonderful blogs. They are listed on the right column. I just wanted to point that out. I don't want them to think that when I say I can't find intelligent blogs, I include them. All the blogs I list on the right are intelligent, and very much worth reading. What are you waiting for? Check them out!

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Traveling the Internet

In my search for intelligence around the internet, I have seen thousands of blogs, both good and bad, and I thought I'd share some of what I have learned. Before I start I want to point out that blogging is a personal form of expression, which means there is no right way, or wrong way. That being said, there is a few things you should consider if you'd expect to create a following.

Have Something to Say
Yes, this might seem obvious but if you think that getting an extra chicken nugget in your happy meal is worth blogging about, think again. Here is a test; read you post after it is finished and ask yourself, if I didn't know me, would I find this interesting or amusing? Of course anything is worth posting as long as it is done with a bit of humor but very few of us can be George Carlin.

Keep Posts Short and to the Point
I can't tell you how many posts I've began to read that look like a chapter from War and Piece. I usually read the first few paragraphs and if I still don't know the point of the post, I move on.

No Post of Not Posting
Blogging is not as easy as it seems. Like many hobbies in life, it seems like a good idea at the time but soon turns out to be work. From my observations, most people give up at a certain point. Here is the pattern; after a few months a posting regularly, they get more and more sporadic. After a while, six months or so go by and finally we see that classic post “I know it's been a while but I've been busy . . .” I've seen a hundred variations on the no post apology and it is most unnecessary.

Anyway, these are just a few of the things I come to realize in my internet travels. There will be more. I will attempt to post my observations every Wednesday!

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What About This Blog?

As I said yesterday, I am making a real effort to increase the reader and viewership of this blog. I am working on a article about my search for intelligent blogs. Today. however, I think I'll write about this blog, and why it is so messed up.

Every Sunday, since the creation of this free blogspot blog, I've posted my show called Sunday Morning Coffee with Jeff. (And I appreciate you checking it out) but the problem with that is videos don't bring in viewers. Search engines, such as Google, recognize the written word and can't see what's in a video. So I think it will be up to my actual blog posts to bring in a audience.

And there lies the problem! My subject matter is all over the place. For a while I was reviewing movies and classic rock albums, I blogs about skeptical issues that were on my mind, then I was talking about my life, and all sorts of things. Write now, this blog has become a bitching ground for not being successful.

Does this even make any sense? Writing post's that will most likely drive readers away about how I don't have any readers? It is like owning a restaurant, telling people how crappy the food is, and wondering why they don't come.

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1# Vlog Husten und Zensurbalken

So, I went looking for something interesting for this morning and I was looking a video blogs on YouTube. I came across this one. Immediately I realized I don't understand a thing this girl was saying. Why? She German! "Next!" I thought.

Wait! As I watched, I found myself being fascinated. There apartment could use a little cleaning and I did hear her mention Harry Potter. Check it out, it's only a couple of minutes long.

Oh, and there is nothing to do with coffee in this blog.



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