I Google for the most random things. That’s how I stumbled upon an old blog post by someone who had ranted about how a popular blogger (a decade back) had been receiving a lot of attention for some badly written post. According to him, the post was one of the worst attempts by the blogger and he couldn’t understand how people (a lot!) were able to appreciate the blogger for the attempt.
What was interesting in the post was the Content vs Popularity
that he spoke about. He argued that sometimes when a person is popular, either
because of their blogs or because of some other reason, their posts are always
a hit, irrespective of the quality of the content. That got me thinking and I
paused for a while to see if I had witnessed something similar in the Blogosphere.
Despite what everyone says, ‘Is content always the
‘King/Queen?’
Not always, would be my answer.
I'm not generalizing, but the
more I thought about it the more I realized it was true in some ways.
Thanks to
the many blogging forums, I try and read as many blogs as possible when I'm
bored. There have been times when I've come across some wonderfully written
poems or a well-balanced article and there would hardly be any comments
appreciating their efforts. Or worse, it would just be a 'Good one' comment.
You might probably say that the blogger wouldn't have promoted the post well
(apart from blogging forums). I agree. But doesn't that stand testimony to the
viewpoint that content isn't *always* the king/queen?
