I always keep in mind that yea, multiple people write group blogs… consider a LJ community. There is definitely a ranking order, though the authors may not like that sort of thing fun posts

I seem to have overtaken the blog now, in the absence of my fellow chefs… but we do communicate from time to time. I think we know each other enough to know what posts will need some negotiations before being published

I want to blog what i wanted to blog, andd not having to run it by other people first. Sometimes i’ll write a post at 2am, and others at 4pm. Having to worry how it’ll effect other peoples posts got annoying after a while. Especially if they start complaining your post bumped their off the home page.

Then there’s the bad fall out if a friendship breaks up, i know of some bloggers who were joint blogging, had a row and woke up the next day to find the entire blog was trashed.

Then we have the all important personality clashes, i have a warped personality, and even worse sense of humor that dosent work well wiuth a lot of people. Personality clashes can end up leading to the afore mentioned fall out.

Sure collaborative blogging has it’s pluses, for me i’ve drifted more rom anime and more into manga which i kind of regret. Having another writer who wanted to do the focus on anime would be great, since it would put my blog back on track to what i wanted it to be.

But then you get the inevitable crossovers between manga and anime, who does them, how are they handled etc etc. All of these can be headaches, minor ones true, but after a while they build up.

Most bloggers i’ve found go through fazes where they burn out, where the writing of posts seems to become a burden, and they lose their feel and love of the stuff they’re reviewing. Having more writers is a good thing here, since it means they can take a break without letting the blog die, which is great.

That said, ive seen many good collaborative blogs, that seem to last really well. Though most of them do seem to go through a lot of members. I’m nost sure if thats a good or bad thing

I think for me ever to either make my blog collaborative, or to join and existing collaborative, i’d have to know those involved already, and know i could work with them. I wouldn’t join one where i knew noone, to easy to get into arguments and stuff. Plus i’ve never got into chedule and deadline writing, i like writing what i feel when i feel it

may the blogging force be with you, despite your brutal frankness (GARness? XD)

@Igunis: I think it’s a psychological or emotional dilemma, which applies not only in reading blog posts but also in watching animes (and other media for that matter). Why watch something that pisses you so much, and moreso, why tell the world how that anime sucks?

there are times when reading something you don’t like can be a good thing, if in the process you allow yourself to see things from an objective POV, and evaluate things from a rational and sound viewpoint. or perhaps for the sake of poking fun at the show, which is not meant to be taken as anything offensive. again, similar to the case in point.

Basically, what I feel is…if I don’t like a person’s style of writing or bashing or whatnot, I just won’t read it. I believe that many of the readers of THAT blog only read Impz’s articles. That is fine because Impz caters to their views and interests. If a person doesn’t want to get pissed off, why read something It’s common sense to just ignore it neh?

I’m normally indifferent to criticism of my favourite series as I believe anyone should be, but not to misrepresentation and general bias towards them, nor towards anything in fact. I place a very heavy importance on fairness and equal treatment in all things in life. I’d like to note that I have even defended series I don’t particularly care for when they are attacked or criticized under false pretences.

One thing I have discovered in all this though is that the type of people who will take this Sunrise Trainwreck meme as fact generally aren’t worth trying to suggest an alternative to anyway. They’re basically never going to find anything positive to say as a result of their own mentality and world view that is shall we say, closed minded. Lost cause tends to describe how I feel about them at this point.

The type of blogging that suggests this Sunrise Trainwreck is there to let them hear what they want to hear, and not to be truthful at all. It’s unfortunate, but a sad reality that some people have nothing better to do sometimes then to gather around to bash a series or studio because it’s been popularized. This I guess ties back to your formula for things drawing more hate from some as they continue to draw love from most. I guess it truly is inevitable.

Also relating to your thoughts, as you highlight the unique situation of a multi-author blog, the other authors on my blog seem to think I’ve taken things a bit too far with my responses as of late. Thus I’ve decided to let things take their course, as I like to respect the wishes of others when they are forthcoming. And thus that is that.

I have my own 00 articles I need to get around to anyway.

I think some people might have misinterpreted the intention of your post, so I’m glad you cleared it up.

Oh, and this post wasn’t meant as an attack to you or Crusader

@totali: I still hope my fellow chefs will make a come-back despite me flooding the blog =/ *summons her fellow chefs!*

@Crusader: well both you and Kaioshin-sama can be considered GAR actually, when viewed in different aspects / POVs

being sucked in by the moeblog isn’t quite GAR though… but you seem to have overtaken Impz with your GARness, so you weren’t exactly “assimilated” =P

Does that mean this article also applies to me as well? So I am Gar after all then. What a relief.

Still thanks for making me the GAR one.

Yay I got praised by one of those rare and glorious female bloggers! I feel special.

@totali
We the IMPZ. Lower Shields and surrender your articles and prepare for assimilation. Your biological, and blogological distinctiveness will be added to out own. Resistance is Futile.