Do you find blogs that primarily just repeat news from other locations worth visiting? I see this quite a bit but have never really been able to figure out why these blogs exist. The authors don't offer commentary on the story, just basically a summary and then a link. I know some sites are just link farms but I also see plenty of personal blogs that are really just repeats of popular stories from places like digg.com, slashdot.org, and the like. Why would someone take the time to do this and who would go back to such a site on more than one occasion?
I am not saying these sites are bad, pointless, or teh suck, I just wonder for what purpose the author continues to post stories without adding something of value.
Do you visit a site like this? If so, why?
I am not saying these sites are bad, pointless, or teh suck, I just wonder for what purpose the author continues to post stories without adding something of value.
Do you visit a site like this? If so, why?
Blogs that just regurgitate and don't add any of their own opinions or viewpoints I find useless, but those that start off with a story as a header or a topic I can get into, because then its doing what blogging is supposed to do - get the personal views of a situation out to be read and discussed.
If they just post links or rewrite the story, they go off my list.