Comments on: All Bloggers are Liars http://www.epiblogger.net/all-bloggers-are-liars/ The organic centre of blogging Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:49:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Lee Robertson http://www.epiblogger.net/all-bloggers-are-liars/comment-page-1/#comment-424 Lee Robertson Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:28:51 +0000 http://www.epiblogger.net/all-bloggers-are-liars/#comment-424 Bloggers are liars, but not in the way you are thinking. Bloggers are liars not because the story they are telling has incorrect facts or opinions. I'll pick on the make money blogging niche for a minute. Everyone wants to believe that they can make a million a year blogging and by telling others how they did it. That is the lie, it is a lie our society tells itself. The bloggers that can tap into that lie, or myth if you prefer, will do well. Social proof then helps that blogger to do well with that myth. If Epiblogger was a make money online blog would you believe us if we posted $30,000.00/month stats or $30.00/month stats. Bloggers are liars, but not in the way you are thinking. Bloggers are liars not because the story they are telling has incorrect facts or opinions. I’ll pick on the make money blogging niche for a minute. Everyone wants to believe that they can make a million a year blogging and by telling others how they did it. That is the lie, it is a lie our society tells itself. The bloggers that can tap into that lie, or myth if you prefer, will do well. Social proof then helps that blogger to do well with that myth. If Epiblogger was a make money online blog would you believe us if we posted $30,000.00/month stats or $30.00/month stats.

]]> By: Antiques http://www.epiblogger.net/all-bloggers-are-liars/comment-page-1/#comment-418 Antiques Thu, 06 Mar 2008 06:49:28 +0000 http://www.epiblogger.net/all-bloggers-are-liars/#comment-418 All bloggers can't be liars my friend. Depends on the situation and title of the blog. What if we are having a discussion on a electronic mobile phone. Some one has used the phone and he or she is describing the pros and cons of the phone. Of course their is chance that person can lie. But 90 percent blogging is all about making up something. Lying won't be the right word, otherwise authors and artists will have to be referred to as the same. All bloggers can’t be liars my friend. Depends on the situation and title of the blog. What if we are having a discussion on a electronic mobile phone. Some one has used the phone and he or she is describing the pros and cons of the phone. Of course their is chance that person can lie. But 90 percent blogging is all about making up something. Lying won’t be the right word, otherwise authors and artists will have to be referred to as the same.

]]> By: Rhett Soveran http://www.epiblogger.net/all-bloggers-are-liars/comment-page-1/#comment-377 Rhett Soveran Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:36:01 +0000 http://www.epiblogger.net/all-bloggers-are-liars/#comment-377 I completely agree with you Paul. I think we were going for spectacle and not necessarily <em>truth</em>. I don't really believe that I am a liar, but it sure makes for a good title. I completely agree with you Paul. I think we were going for spectacle and not necessarily truth. I don’t really believe that I am a liar, but it sure makes for a good title.

]]> By: Titles or Opening Lines? - Epiblogger http://www.epiblogger.net/all-bloggers-are-liars/comment-page-1/#comment-375 Titles or Opening Lines? - Epiblogger Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:05:17 +0000 http://www.epiblogger.net/all-bloggers-are-liars/#comment-375 [...] is really good with titles. He came up with the title for All Bloggers are Liars. That was a great title. Otherwise, Lee just comes up with solid titles. Titles really aren’t [...] [...] is really good with titles. He came up with the title for All Bloggers are Liars. That was a great title. Otherwise, Lee just comes up with solid titles. Titles really aren’t [...]

]]> By: Paul M. Banas http://www.epiblogger.net/all-bloggers-are-liars/comment-page-1/#comment-369 Paul M. Banas Wed, 27 Feb 2008 03:31:47 +0000 http://www.epiblogger.net/all-bloggers-are-liars/#comment-369 I think you are tapping into a key insight on why people blog. I would argue, however, that the word "liars" is a bit stiff, and to use another thread from your post, bloggers are basically storytellers. Whether the story is themselves, or a deeper form of fiction, it is still a story about who they are, or want to be, in life. I guess the principle is the same, but it's more whether you look at the glass as being half empty (liars) or the glass half full (storytellers). I think you are tapping into a key insight on why people blog. I would argue, however, that the word “liars” is a bit stiff, and to use another thread from your post, bloggers are basically storytellers. Whether the story is themselves, or a deeper form of fiction, it is still a story about who they are, or want to be, in life.

I guess the principle is the same, but it’s more whether you look at the glass as being half empty (liars) or the glass half full (storytellers).

]]> By: Lee Robertson http://www.epiblogger.net/all-bloggers-are-liars/comment-page-1/#comment-347 Lee Robertson Mon, 25 Feb 2008 02:11:20 +0000 http://www.epiblogger.net/all-bloggers-are-liars/#comment-347 Glad you liked it Kristie. I think it took us far to long to write that one. It was sitting in the draft queue for a few weeks. Glad you liked it Kristie. I think it took us far to long to write that one. It was sitting in the draft queue for a few weeks.

]]> By: Kristie http://www.epiblogger.net/all-bloggers-are-liars/comment-page-1/#comment-344 Kristie Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:00:52 +0000 http://www.epiblogger.net/all-bloggers-are-liars/#comment-344 Best blog post I've read all day :D Though... I really should be working lol Best blog post I’ve read all day :D Though… I really should be working lol

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