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Re: Are we just repeating ourselves?

Di Turner — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:57:26 -0000

Like someone once said "There are no new ideas. There are only new ways of making them felt." Personally I think the duplication of ideas is quite useful. How many times do you google something only to find the fifth or sixth link to be the one that explains the subject so it makes sense to you?

Re: Are we just repeating ourselves?

Andrew Rickmann — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 03:13:28 -0000

I also don't see anything wrong with repetition. This isn't a criticism of anyone. A blogger needs to do what is best for their blog, but it does feel as though we are running out of topics.

I also seem to mostly be writing about my own projects at the moment as well.

It wouldn't suprise me if we started seeing a decline in WordPress related blogs, or at least that a few will branch out into other areas.

Re: Are we just repeating ourselves?

Richard H — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:12:01 -0000

Personally, my posts are a record of my project's progress, therefore, many things I write about will already have been written somewhere, sometime, somehow. It's simple the nature of my blog.

Obviously I throw in filler content here and there which has no doubt been previously discussed elsewhere, and in these cases I concur with Michael Springer (7) and inspirationbit (10).

Keep up the good work by the way. I'm always watching, listening and learning.

Re: Are we just repeating ourselves?

inspirationbit — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:53:04 -0000

I think as long as we're learning something new and then share it with others, even it that has been written about on other blogs, I don't see there's anything wrong about it, especially if we write it from a different, personal perspective.

There's always a chance that if you yourself has just discovered about it, many others haven't heard about it either.

Re: Are we just repeating ourselves?

Richard Paul — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:36:27 -0000

"REDUNDANT" - Now there's a word I can use over and over again....

Copy & paste Michael Springers' comment above here

Re: Are we just repeating ourselves?

Andrew Rickmann — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:45:07 -0000

These are some interesting interpretations of the same situation. I try not to blog about something unless I have new facts to add to it but it is possible to do it better, and for sure a lot of people won't know that things exist, and so won't be able to search for them to find the old stuff.

This does tend to reinforce my feeling though that although we can write about the same things better, and there is value in it, that there isn't really that much new to say until WordPress itself changes.

Re: Are we just repeating ourselves?

Michael Springer — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:32:56 -0000

I don't think we are repeating ourselves but rather clarifying things for WordPress newbie bloggers. If they weren't here the first time to find out about something, then they will probably find out either when someone talks about it again or when they search the archives.

Re: Are we just repeating ourselves?

Ian Stewart — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:08:47 -0000

When every WordPress blog is using the cleanest, most advanced and beautiful themes; running the best, carefully coded plugins; isn't repeating anyone else's mistakes; and there are no more helpful features to be added to WordPress or ways to make it better; then yes, there's nothing to blog about anymore.

Until then, blog.

Re: Are we just repeating ourselves?

Wessley Roche — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:06:39 -0000

I myself, as a WordPress blogger, I have slowed down my posting... and I'm having a pretty hard time finding ideas por new posts. Heck, I've just written a tutorial on wordpress-subersion and that exists already on the Codex, and probably a lot of other blogs... However as a tutorial reader I like to have multiple perspectives on the same subject.

Re: Are we just repeating ourselves?

Thaya Kareeson — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:50:55 -0000

I've been dry myself when it comes to writing WordPress tutorials lately. There isn't much that hasn't already been said. But then again, WordPress is continually evolving and people will always find new ways to use it. This leaves *some* room for new born tutorials. That said, I'm a bit glad that my blog focuses more on being a Web 2.0 webmaster than just WordPress itself.

Re: Are we just repeating ourselves?

Kristin K. Wangen — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:39:23 -0000

This is why I mostly write about my own plugins and themes as they're not documented, - If I ever write about WP in general, it's just because I didn't find in Google or at WP Codex.

Re: Are we just repeating ourselves?

DameryWorld — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:38:37 -0000

Didn't some else already write this POST? JK...
I agree the posting subjects seem to be in the "LOOP", I, however, hope that with each iteration they are getting better or more clear or changed in one way or another. Tutorials and Codex information would be better served in a wiki environment ... for cross referencing etc.

Re: Are we just repeating ourselves?

Michael Castilla — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:31:04 -0000

Owning a WordPress blog myself, I've felt the same way as you before. Most blogs about WordPress simply blog about other people's tutorials, tips, and news. Now there's nothing wrong about that, but it gets boring to see the same old stuff.

Now I'm not saying I don't post about other people's stuff on WPCandy, but that's not all we post. If you look through our archives, we have a ton of uniques articles that I or any contributing authors have wrote.