Nang Me, Nang You: The Response

This current post is sort of a reply entry to my previous blog post. In this case, if you have not read the previous post, do take some time to read it first. It may be long but the message needs to get out to all bloggers out there. The link to my previous post is here; Nang Me, Nang You.

I am glad to say that my thoughts on the previous post has reached out to so many bloggers and is getting a good response out of it. I am sure most of you by now have a clearer picture in mind of what blogging really means. It is not about getting to the Top 10, not about monetary issues and surely it not about nangs.

Indeed I have gotten alot of response from my 'Nang Me, Nang You' post. One of my best entries I must say. Now instead of replying the comments there, I will do it here. I will reply and give you my feedback on some of the comments right here in this blog post.

Because I do think that there are more issues which needs to be clarified more and what a not a better way to do it but a blog post? That way, we can get different perspectives on how we are looking at the issue and thus, have a better conversation about the matter.

Now let me start with the comment replying.

Jimmy said...

i got stuck in this culture for the previous few hours until Yat made me realise that i'm blogging for the sake of money. I swear not to do this again. Honestly, i think nuffnang should ban this culture.

For those who have seen me into this "nang me nang you" culture, i'm sorry and i regret getting involved at the first place.

Well, the fact is, most people do see money before they see anything else. I mean, who doesn't like money? If there's a chance to make/generate money, I am sure you will go for it right? I know I will too. However, think of it this way. Do you want to earn your money and use it happily or do you just want to make money the wring way? To make things even more simple, ask yourself, do you want to go to work to earn your salary or do you want to rob a bank and secretly using the money?

It's the same thing for blogs, do you want people to just randomly click on your blog and leave or do you want them to actually appreciate what you have written in your blog? And may I quote this from Tzia's blog, "Comments from the reader, to me, is the most amazing thing about a blog." Yes, comments and response are those things that just keeps your blog alive. Unless of course you want to keep your blog private and personal but other than that, I'm sure you are looking for some kind of response from the readers right?

Saying that Nuffnang should ban this culture, to me, can't really work. Cultures are hard to be banned because cultures comes from a person's doings, a person's attitude and a person's action. That's is why to get rid of this so called culture, we need to find the source, which is us bloggers. Enlighten those who are unaware and I'm sure, this culture will not happen. :)

cr3ap said...

    Well, people started it, I just followed up the trend since I'm still new at blogging. I also wish my blog to be worthy and have some good comments too. I actually do agree that those people asking people to nang here and there quite annoying. But I can't help it but just to follow the trend. But this evening someone scolded me and write about something in the chatbox. Therefore from there onwards I stopped posting about nang anymore. I totally support your voice out and you should comment to the nuffnang.

Trends are easy to follow aren't they? Getting new bloggers into the scene is great! The more the merrier. If I was new to the blogging scene, I would have most probably followed the trend too. I mean since everybody is doing it, why shouldn't I? It's like, if I don't follow the trend, then I will be left behind. That's what happening in the real world; everyone is trying to keep up with the latest fashion, latest gossips, latest TRENDS. There are good trends and bad ones, we just need to figure it out by ourselves which is best for us to follow. :)

Jessy said...

I do agree with u. I did promote my blog on the cbox too. But even if I get nangs, i wun be very happy since they nang u js so u return the favour and not actually reading the blog.

I do get frustrated too when people go around and say "i've nang u, return the favour"

But because of the abuse, those which I have came across with good blog post but are not in top10 is because they did not participate in the "nang exchange" activity.

So I guess the best way is to remove the chatbox! Yep! u shuld request to nuffnang!

~cheers~

Jas said...

I agree with you wholeheartedly on this matter. Having said that, readership is really much more important than traffic (:

Well in any case, I've experienced a 'sudden' increase in traffic after posted something on innit but after a few days gone 'silent' for not posting anything new, my traffic dropped back flat again. This goes on and on...

Bloggers these days do not visit other blogs for updates/entries/posts anymore. They visit for one reason only and that reason is hoping that other bloggers will visit their blog back and in turns, increase their traffic.

This so-called new culture began as a result of the blooming of the blogging industry. Recently, there are more and more blogs starts to operate and bloggers felt compelled to compete against each other. With thousands of blogs out there, who's gonna read all of em'? We dont have thousand of readers, because basically everyone's a blogger and in their opinion, "why read yours? I got my own blog!". So the fastest way to gain 'emergency traffic is by basically 'working together'

Simply put, I view you - You view me! I click your Nuffnang ads - You click my Nuffnang ads. And etc etc etc you get my drift....

In my opinion, this new culture has brought a whole new meaning to blogging....

But heck, I still from time to time nang others in hoping that they'll nang me back all in the name of getting 'emergency traffic' (:

That's so true. What's the use of just getting nangs when nobody even reads your blog or gives feedback? Getting into the top list means nothing if you do not have quality posts. Readers are just going to ignore your blog the next time, which means that you will need to 'work' for nangs everytime you write a blog entry. However, if you keep on posting on quality posts, you will get positive response and maybe gain some readership. :)

Dak Wan said...

Vive Le Difference! I do believe that nowadays it's all about monetary gain. There is no such value as good blog post any more. Anyway, why join Nuffnang if it is not for money rite?

Sometimes it is about monetary gains. Money can be a very big issue and it is important as well but like what I said in my reply to the first comment above, do you want to earn money or rob money? Having the feeling of doing it the right way always feels better don't you think so?

I disagree with what you have said that 'there is no such value as good blog post any more'. With how you have said this, it can mean two things. You are either saying blog posts can't be rated good or bad OR there aren't any good blog posts anymore. Well, rating blog posts can be a very subjective matter but depending on how mush feedback a blog gets, we can more or so at least say how 'good or bad' that particular blog is. But if what you meant was the latter, how sure are you? Are you saying all blog posts are bad and poor now? Then what is the use of having a blog then?

What Nuffnang offers us bloggers are more than its monetary values it brings us. Yes, many would have joined Nuffnang because it offers us a way to make money, which is from the ads but Nuffnang isn't all about that. It is also a platform for us to get to know more people in this case more bloggers out there. Gaining monetary values from Nuffnang is just a side option. :)

Nuffnang Sdn Bhd may be a business and I know one of the purpose of having a business is to make money and through their advertisement on blog, they are able to generate profit from there. Nuffnang being an advertising company means they ADVERTISE things. Having said so, if you are looking for nangs just for the sake of traffic and people coming in clicking your ads. Then what's the point of having Nuffnang in the first place when they are not advertising anything?!

Advertising is a form of communication intended to persuade its viewers, readers or listeners to take some action. It usually includes the name of a product or service and how that product or service could benefit the consumer, to persuade potential customers to purchase or to consume that particular brand. -Wikipedia

With that I shall end this long and lengthy post. Sorry that I can't reply to all of the comments I've gotten from the previous post. If I did that, this post will be SUPERBLY LONG! But most of your comments speak for itself and some may find it similar to the ones I've posted here. So, I think I have spoken enough. Let's hope things change for the better.

Have fun blogging!