Comments on: Blogging is About Caring Not Curating

By: Chris Marshall | Martial Development

Chris Marshall | Martial Development — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 20:52:42 +0000

Curator, to me, implies a very high standard of care on a particular topic. Frankly, I would like to see more curators on the web and fewer hasty opinions.

By: Are you a Blog Curator or Caregiver? « Lorelle on WordPress

Are you a Blog Curator or Caregiver? « Lorelle on WordPress — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 11:49:14 +0000

[...] you a Blog Curator or Caregiver? In Blogging is About Caring Not Curating, Anne Helmond makes a very good point about how a blog is different from a directory, catalog, and [...]

By: Anne Helmond

Anne Helmond — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 15:14:01 +0000

Thank you for commenting and clearing that up. The “is a blogger a curator” question was more a rhetorical question to get me, and other bloggers, to think about blogging. I didn’t mean it as a generalization either but as food for thought. I thoroughly enjoyed your talk because it made me think about blogging from a different perspective.

By: Ian

Ian — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 21:10:00 +0000

Yeah, I’d agree with that, Anne.

I also agree with you that it depends on one’s definition of success.

Oh, and I obviously meant to say that: “…being someone who cares about a subject and someone who acts like a curator AREN’T mutually exclusive roles.”

By: regine debatty

regine debatty — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 19:41:55 +0000

i’m sorry that you mis-interpreted my words. i said that my personal way of blogging had sometimes be compared by other people to curating. this doesn’t certainly makes a curator of any blogger. i would never dream of generalizing and speaking on behalf of other bloggers.

By: Anne Helmond

Anne Helmond — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 19:00:54 +0000

Ming: I think that is the power of blogs, they keep on evolving over time. Not only do you write new posts or expand on previous posts, you might also change your design, clean up your sidebar.
It is nice to receive a comment from someone who blogs about art! I think your blog is a really good example of “how the internet is bridging the gap between collector and artist” (as you mention on your about page). Not only are you presenting your own work, you are also connecting to other artists and artist communities. This is also interesting for collectors who can now see connections between artists.

Ian: It also depends on your definition of successful. If your blog is a great source of reference material for people I would consider it successful. What I mean though is that blogs offer more than directories, they allow for commenting and community building. That is what blogs make so potentially successful.

By: Ian

Ian — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 10:31:36 +0000

I think maybe you need to qualify this with the word “successful”. So that:

“A successful blog is more than a collection of blog posts”

But I also think that being someone who cares about a subject and someone who acts like a curator are mutually exclusive roles.

Possibly because of the topic that I blog about I’ve found that most readers seem to use my blog as a catalogue of old posts. But I certainly care about my topic and I care about curating my blog.

But then maybe that’s why my blog isn’t very successful.

By: Ming

Ming — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 03:50:59 +0000

Thank you for this insightful rebuttle of a post:)

I fell enlightened about my blog after reading this, My blog has been constantly (over)evolving over the years, and i think the main reason for this is.. i don’t know what blogging really is about:)

As an artist myself, blogging as a ‘practice’ resonates with me:)

ps: I think in the free speach nature of the internet, rebuttles are important:)