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by James Robertson.
Original Post: Not getting the point
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Then a tool named "OutlookMT" takes over. It is a .NET app that watches the Blog This folder, and posts anything dropped in it.
Now, notice that's all I do. Just drag-and-drop. No editing. No commenting. No linking. OutlookMT does it all.
See, that's a problem. I read blogs precisely because I like the editing function provided by the author. If you're just throwing links at me, you aren't providing any value. This is why I unsubscribed from Scoble's link blog - it's a huge wad of links with no commentary - so there's no way for me to tell whether or not there's anything of interest to me at the other end. To a large extent, blogging is about editing - you're trying to get other people interested in something. That takes effort - it's not going to happen simply by tossing links over the wall. I understand what Scoble is trying to do here, but it's not working. There's only so much one person can do - this is why magazines (and newspapers) have writers and editors....
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