Comments on: “If a network problogger left the blogosphere, would anyone care?”

By: Post Resurface 3/25/2008: Network Blog Woes, Plugs, On Lighting, PR Tips — A Bugged Life // Jayvee Fernandez

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:18:24 +0000

[...] If a Network Problogger Left the Blogosphere, Would Anyone Care? // June 24 2007 So when a problogger leaves the networked owned blog, the blog manager of the network has to find a new writer through word of blog, personal recommendations, advertising, and email blasts. A new blogger eventually comes who is fit to take over the content. Now here’s the thing. There are several things happening between the time the original blogger leaves and the time the new blogger makes his first few posts: [Read] [...]

By: A Bugged Life [ the pseudo personal blog about blogging, technology and stuff ] » Blog Archive » Going Rogue

Tue, 07 Aug 2007 17:58:15 +0000

[...] close, such as MANUAL when it was being handled by Adel Gabot a couple of years back – thus showing how an editor in chief is the true lifeblood of a magazine. MANUAL’s current EIC is RJ Ledesma, who bring a lot of his Men’s Room antics into the [...]

By: Blog Network Watch » Are Network Bloggers Like Magazine Editors?

Blog Network Watch » Are Network Bloggers Like Magazine Editors? — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 21:58:23 +0000

[...] Jayvee Fernandez, b5media’s technology channel editor asks on his blog: If a network problogger left the blogosphere, would anyone care? [...]

By: Aiza Bautista

Aiza Bautista — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 02:02:37 +0000

The EIC story sounds familiar…hmm…

By: Mike Abundo

Mike Abundo — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:04:49 +0000

I make it a point to look forward, never back. When I take over a blog, I take over completely.

By: Karlo.PinoyBlogero

Karlo.PinoyBlogero — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 01:33:52 +0000

It would be hard to write under the shadow of the previous EIC. It may have a negative effect on the new writer especially if the style of writing of the previous one is different from his.

But of course, by instantly changing the overall voice of the site, the readers might get confused and annoyed ay the sudden change.

The best thing to do is to slowly change the direction and voice of your site to your preference while checking out the reactions of the readers.

Nice post.

By: Kiven

Kiven — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 14:35:02 +0000

i agree, its more entertaining kasi pero not everyone can pull it off din… hehehe

By: Jayvee

Jayvee — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 14:30:59 +0000

this one i got from rico. the sarcastic tone thats usually prevalent in a number of blogs is actually an easy way out to dish content. i think rico has a point.

By: Kiven

Kiven — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 14:29:17 +0000

Unless the blog has a REALLY distinct voice and has a large audience, i dont see much of a problem.

Take for example Kotaku or Joystiq, they have that sarcastic tone that obviously regular readers like me have grown accustomed to.

But most of the time, it also is a good idea to carve your own path and make your own voice. There’s a reason why you were hired for that particular blog and unless the network specifically tells you to blog in a certain way then just do your thing and make the blog your own.

Remember also that it may not be necessarily your voice that grabs people but your content…even if you have a robotic way of writing, if they need/enjoy/want/lust after your content, people will still come to your blog…

By: dexie

dexie — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 12:49:23 +0000

I’ve taken over 1 and have left 2(personal and complicated reasons).

I don’t know which is easier. Right now I feel like leaving my other two and watching new bloggers take over is harder. I guess coz I treated the blogs as my babies that it’s hard to watch someone put their twists on ‘em. Plus I felt like I abandoned my readers. I’m working on getting the same blog niches up again except on another network so hopefully my “audience” would find me again somehow.