A Good Meme - the Z-List
Recently we have talked a lot about the theory of memes and getting involved with people but so far we have given little by way of examples that you can use. For example it should be clear that a meme is some activity that others copy and you yourself have copied. In this post will be a practical demonstration of meme participation as well as an examination of the issues surrounding it. A lot of memes are extremely self referential and of little interest to your readers. This meme has been selected because it is not like that. Participation is not pushed upon you - it is a voluntary undertaking. Before we get into that, however, I am going to touch on some issues of any site that makes lists of top anything. The list must by it's very definition excluded most of the items for that category. With blogging there is no difference. The so called A List of bloggers take the lions share of the attention and when listed as such this simply reinforces the current set up without allowing potentially better but newer bloggers to break into the public eye. If an A List exists then potentially a B List of blogs and bloggers that are almost A List must also exist. To follow on from this idea a Z List of utter unknowns might also be said to exist. This meme is a somewhat subversive idea to take the very idea of the A List on it's head by allowing the community to grow and link to their own defined Z List. It started here and we picked it up here Added to the list below is just one new link but everything else (including the link to us) has been left as is. Each of these sites are worth a visit and each one worth a read.
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Comments and FeedbackFeel free to tell us what you think, to share your expirences or to simply show off you knowledge. carrie wrote:
v. cool. i know what you mean. it bothers me the way the 'blogosphere' becomes so 'incestuous' when all the blogs i go to all link only to eachother and it's the same blogroll on every blog. doesn't anyone ever want to read something NEW? from OUTSIDE of their rut??? come on!!!!!!!
i am always on the lookout for obscure but fantastic blogs that nobody reads! however your list is too long... i may modify the meme for my blog. i wouldn't mind linking to this list but don't want to put it on my blog.
28/04 14:21:58
Globally Local wrote:
Carrie, Feel free to link to it. I'll try to format to be a bit more friendly but sadly the nature of the meme is that the lists will get a tad large... Still it is a good idea on the whole I feel.
Becky, you are most welcome - links keep the world going around.
01/05 17:04:33
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