Comments on: Providing References in Blog Posts

By: Lloyd Budd

Lloyd Budd — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:04:13 +0000

I completely agree. “multiple sources say” sends me up the wall. Laura has a great idea.

By: Joseph Scott

Joseph Scott — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:28:52 +0000

@Adam -

Yeah, I knew there had to be at least one smart alec out there :-)

By: Adam Kalsey

Adam Kalsey — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:51:53 +0000

The whole time I read this, I thought, “but where are the links in this?”

By: Joseph Scott

Joseph Scott — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 04:27:16 +0000

@Laura-

There are definitely some blogs that do post useful/interesting stuff from time to time but I don’t subscribe to for one reason or another. I’ll do that same thing you mentioned and just rely on others to link to the really interesting posts on those blogs.

By: Laura Moncur

Laura Moncur — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 18:02:00 +0000

I usually use the lack of information trail as an excuse to delete the blog from my RSS feed. There are SO many blogs out there. If a weblog can’t provide me with a link to the original concept, then there is no point reading them anymore.

If they are reporting on something unique and it turns out to be true, someone else will link to them and I’ll see it eventually.

If they can’t be bothered with providing sources, then they don’t deserve my limited time.