A one Mr. Mellow Bunny, posted over at mellowspace.com on the recent spring of group blogs, yet I think there’s more to the story, because group j-media blogging is not new considering the epic THAT had it’s 2 year anniversary last month (speaking of which, why when did I start this blog again…)
Particularly, I should bring attention to Oi, Hayaku! and ㊥出し. Why? Because these are evolutions from members of the otakuken. Why not mention the All Girl RR Thing? It’s a different approach, to put it shortly… bubble-gum and roller skates vs red white-collars on Wall St, and inadvertently, I did mention it.
Oi, Hayaku!
This one isn’t special because the “gatherer” of writers was kept in the dark for weeks, rather, the approach is seemingly aiming for professionalism. In terms of blog professionalism, I think it’d be good to take a glimps of well-known examples like engadget or stereogum. If you can picture an “anime” blog, not that they are purely-anime anymore, with the presence and pretty of one of these two, then the jig is up.
Oi, Hayaku! has potential already in specifically selecting authors. Point-of-fail: editors. Almost assuredly, a post coming from an engadget-level blog are checked a few times by numerous people before the post hits, because it is the professional way.
㊥出し
bj0rn’s new shibang is more like stereogum in the aspect of fun entertainment. I don’t think the overall purpose is a sheer professionalism, but in the music industry, le swag often sells. That being said, it’s okay to get the paws dirty, because it sells, and not everyone wants bad-ass, thought provoking creations, that cannot even be contained in the simplistic word, “post.” [see a|o or CAT].
The important part is summed nicely in the About section…
Simple + nice, where’s the money at?
General B
These are chess moves. While I’m sure others have grouped in similar fashion, just any multi-author blog isn’t going to come and play, no no no. The difference we are seeing is decisiveness, planning, scheming, and all those beautiful emotive moves one may encounter in the world of financial acquisitions (or Code Geass). Surely, I think these two are just a start…
Where the big picture is invisible.
…and so it begins.
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…Now I feel guilty for not doing any initiative to revive the R-R orz.
usagijen, I just tried to tab-complete your handle in a textarea… beside the point.
U R GUILTY!Don’t feel guilty, I thought it was going on, but I had no idea where the RSS feed was.Like Os Mutantes’ “Best of” album… Everything is Possible.
wow~ I’m actually involved. xD
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