TL;DR is an uncouth term. With the philosophy of it in mind, I’d like to call it the ‘Textual Patience Threshold’ (TPT). Meaning, how much text with respect to the blogger one can read in a blog before one gets bored and starts skimming/leaving.
No, I’m kidding. I can’t possibly go about this post writing that seriously. Not this post, at least.
Actually, I’m not kidding.
Simply, when one is given a lot of information to read, and not all of it is ‘relevant to one’s interest’, one will get bored. There’s no incentive to keep reading; one wouldn’t be entertained, and one would’ve wasted valuable time. When you look at it that way, a low TPT, or TL;DR syndrome, seems more logical than just douchebaggery. To blogger Ningyo: not everybody cares about your eleven-hundred word opinion.
“Trying to come up with blog post ideas again, Ningyo-ko?”
Of course, I’m not accusing anybody of not reading my posts; I know all ye lovely commenters read through my stuff. It’s why you can comment after all.
Bloggers who write a lot risk scaring away potential readers (or skimmers) due to the TPT. There’s a delicate balance between too much and too little, walls of text being too much, and too little making one’s blog seem directionless. However, most of us bloggers probably don’t fall into the ‘too little’ category. We blog to throw our opinions out there – regardless of how they’re perceived, our opinions are important to us, after all. We’ve usually a lot to say.
Some cynical individuals believe in a theory of web-blogging anomie: that ultimately, blogging is a pointless activity, where bloggers are simply attention-seekers that desperately want their opinions heard. That bloggers don’t actually care about what others are rambling about when they leave comments, and comments are really just a bid to garner views and replies.
These people probably also believe that graffiti is the dying woes of the lower class that actually mean ‘we’re here, acknowledge us’.
First things first, the bottom line: I strongly disagree with this idea. It’s no ‘theory’, it’s just pessimistic sophistry.
Alright, maybe there’s bias because I’m a blog writer as well. I certainly don’t want to be labeled a desperate attention seeker. But when I look around me, none of my fellow bloggers are. It’s nothing so anxious and distressing.
Yes, we are doing it to be heard. But who doesn’t want to be? As a species revolving around societies, our immersion and acceptance into these societies should be a key part of being people. Refer to fourth stage from the bottom of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs (Mhm, I’m going to abuse it again. It’s so wonderful). We all want to be heard. Heck, even the presenters of an anomie theory want to be heard. It proves to them that they’re above it all.
Shamelessly ripped off the ‘pedia; they’ve got nice transparent pngs.
So, back to blogging. One can’t condemn bloggers just for wanting attention. That’s very normal human behavior. And sure, when we drop comments, we definitely would like a reply. But that’s not desperate clutching for footholds; we’re not psychologically compromised people. We love a certain topic, in this case anime, manga, games, and we write about it. We like it a lot and can thus go on and on about it. Such enthusiasm shouldn’t be scorned; even if one can’t relate, smile and move on. We leave comments to share our love for the topic. It’s not circle-jerking, that’s cynicism; they’re mutual pats to the back.
Blogging’s what we ani-bloggers love, not what we lack in our lives to an unhealthy extent.
And now, after that bit of my take on the blogging-heat, the question. No, I didn’t plan on asking you about your views on blogging anomie, that stuff’s too depressing. But of course, if you want to talk about it, I encourage you to.
You come across a blog you’ve never seen before that is fairly text heavy/exceeds your TPT. How much of it do you read? If it’s not ‘relevant to your interest’, do you turn tail immediately? Or do you skim it? What is your TPT, and what do you think is a good length a post on any matter should be as to not scare away readers? How much of a blog post do you really read, or is it just only the captions and pretty pictures that catch your attention?
If only I looked like Eirin, then people would actually listen to me. Or listen to my boobs.
Knowing that there will always be people who just won’t bother reading through what your wrote, and that there exist cynical accusations out there calling what you’re doing pointless, why do you blog? In finality, was this post too long for you? What are your thoughts?
Regardless of your much awaited answers, it’s exam period for me, so you won’t be running into any text-walls of Ningyo origin for a while. For better or for worse.
AND, anybody who’s witty enough to leave a comment only consisting of ‘TL;DR’ will have an immediate appointment with my boobboomstick.
Ningyo
This post is not a filler.
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January 23rd, 2010 at 8:15 pm
tl:dr is douchebuggery.
You’re entitled to not read, but what do you add to the writer? You don’t really try to tell them that they should write shorter posts. You also don’t have that prerogative: They write, you choose whether to read or not.
“tl:dr”, all it is is “I don’t care enough to read what you’ve written.”
And as said, it all depends on how much you care for someone, and “tl:dr” is merely a tool to show how much you don’t.
That’s being an asshole.
Also, this post was too long, yes. I actually would’ve preferred it without the images, who rather than give respite tire me more, break my reading… I rather have the wall of text, all the text in a continuous format. Pictures at the sides would’ve worked.
P.S. The categories in the pyramid of needs are black, on a black background, no good.
January 23rd, 2010 at 8:49 pm
Ouchh… that’s gotta hurt – that “theory of web-bloggging”
Baaahhh, there’ll always be critics.
January 23rd, 2010 at 8:50 pm
TL;DR
kidding
I guess it really is up to individuals. Those who writes essays would love reading those long posts. It’s the “great minds think alike” thingy I guess.
as for I, I will only read long post when it interesting meaning if it has witty remarks and funny facts. One might deemed me shallow but meh, I don’t give a shit what others think.
I don’t write long post. It just seems long because of the pictures added. Reverse psychology? lol wut?!
January 23rd, 2010 at 10:01 pm
@Guy
On the contrary, having garnered a comment from you, I consider this post a success :)
TL;DR is certainly offensive, and you’ve highlighted well the specifics of it. It really is just another trolling quip though, and I’m not all that offended by it, actually. I save my anger for anime atrocities.
I see. Well, I did want the write-up to be partially about the ‘web blogs are anomie’ debate, so the length was inevitable for me. Rather, if I’d gone for exploring more angles and aspects of the argument and made it a proper post on it, it’d have been much longer. It’s a delicate matter that can’t be dealt with in a few short paragraphs.
Your opinion of the images might be the case; maybe I’ll change things around if more people express their dislike of it. The images act as dividers in my text, separating different ideas. Almost like special paragraphing relevant to the theme of the post.
You’ll need to keep in mind that I didn’t make the hierarchy there. Yes, my refusal to edit it is laziness on my part, but I was originally planning not to have that there at all. Just thought I’d save the reader who hadn’t memorized Maslow’s pyramid the time of hitting it up on wikipedia or such.
@ramono
Yes, there will be. But who are you implying it’s hurting? My rebuttal, to them? Or their attack on us? Because I’ve thrown my argument back already if it’s the latter.
@klux
Ehehehe.
Well yes, it’s all a matter of personal liking that I’m inquiring to. And yes, posts like mine certainly only attract those that care to comment. There’s simply too much to account for in such a lengthy post – thus naturally only those that care to read through it would be able to comment. As long as they’re saying something besides TL;DR, of course =p
I hope my dry attempts at witty remarks were enough to keep you around ^^;?
Your posts do actually seem lengthy, now that you talk about it. The images in my posts actually make the post seem shorter, because it cuts up the paragraphs and makes it seem as if there’s less text than there actually is… At least I’d like to think that.
January 23rd, 2010 at 10:21 pm
My post is lengthy? lol but my posts are usually just me ranting about things. I hope I did not bore you?
January 23rd, 2010 at 11:25 pm
Lovely thoughts. As a matter of fact, the Textual Patience Threshold is essential to me. We simply don’t read online like we might read a magazine or a book. There’s too much temptation to move on.
So usually, I believe that if it can’t be said in 500 words or less, then I need to rethink the post. When I wrote about Durarara!!, for instance, I agonized over the book quotation. It was too darn long, but I couldn’t cut ANY of it! Fortunately people still seemed to read it anyway.
For what it’s worth, once we actually like somebody and what they have to say, I think we tend to develop a certain amount of patience. I do read everything you write, long or not. :) Cheers.
January 23rd, 2010 at 11:40 pm
eeeh……almost thought a flame woudl start*cough* BUT ANYWAYS
well it all depends right. It’s like listening to a speech from someone. If the person doesn’t make it interesting with their words or have their own unique voice recognized in a page of text, its obviously gonna get boring.
Yes, length of a blog can be debatable, but its all about the context. If the context inside the post is capturing and appealing, it would definitely want to make the reader find out more on the next line.
But then even if people do skim through stuff, its normal right, everyone does. The point of the blog, like any other piece of literature is to make a point and be heard. As long as someone gets a message then your blog is a success, so no worries (Y)
January 24th, 2010 at 4:42 am
When it comes to read something i’m a complete jerk in some ways.
I don’t really care how lengthy the text as long it’s fulfill several vital characteristics :
- I have an interest on the subject the text want to talk about. That seems pretty obvious.
- It’s well written. It’s a form of respect to write the words correctly and not some pile of letters shit putted randomly so they barely look like a word.
- It encourage reflection. I enjoy when a text i read create an intellectual connection between me and the author.
That’s all for me. I don’t really care about the pictures you may put in a post. Of course if the pictures are the main topic it’s completely different (when it’s about photo shooting a figure for instance)
And of course blogging is a way of getting heard.That would be a bit pointless if it wasn’t. Leaving comments and such is important but i refuse to comment on something just for saying “hey see i’m here i follow your blog”. That’s hypocrite and i hope nobody is doing that with me. ;-)
I try not to write to much when i post something. Well i could easily achieve a complete book if it was in french lol
I’m usually talkative when i have an opinion on a subject.
Since English is my second language it’s more difficult to organize a deep thought but i hope i do manage to do good writings ;-)
January 24th, 2010 at 6:22 pm
lol shouldn’t you be like studying for exams or something? – Kev
January 25th, 2010 at 6:31 am
tl:dr x 2 (first being klux)
Joking joking… Xp
Don’t boomstick me please.
Normally, this post would be too long for me. But the topic was seriously interesting for me. So I didn’t miss a single word. ;)
I also prefer to keep things short, be it reviews, rants, etc. I think I do a good job at it. “THINK”. Although sometimes things get a little long… to the point that even I wouldn’t read my own post. And yet, I’ll still post it. Why?
Cause I rather a post being too long than to be too short and not fail to make an impact. Probably because some important part could be skimped out unintentionally if I try to shorten my post. Which would make my post lose it’s impact.
Like…
“Got home from work feeling all pumped. Crank up the volume and started watching ABC.
*slowmo* O.M.G! *end slowmo*
ABC sucks.”
I’m not saying short posts don’t make an impact. I guess it’s just the way the blogger likes to style his post.
Short post of the above would be
“ABC sucks… Big Time!”
*Lol. Yes… I am aware I’m already off-topic. As usual. -.-”
Bottom-line, I like to keep my post as short as possible, but never failing to make an impact.
As for reading tl:dr posts, I have a different approach.
Let’s say I start reading something really long, then I start losing interest. Or rather, patience. Before I close the post, I’ll skip to the end, read whatever conclusion there is. More often than not, the conclusion is interesting enough to make me wonder how the writer arrived upon this conclusion. Then I start reading downwards up. Lol… -.-”
Before I know it, I reach the place where I lose interest initially. Lol…
This is one of the main reason why I have a thing for self-contradicting posts. Lol. Curiosity kills my kittenzzz on a daily basis.
Of course, not all post needs a solid conclusion. Posts on figures, or a diary-entry like post wouldn’t need one. However, those can still be tl:dr. Figure posts, I can just do a quick scroll through the pictures, but writing a whole essay on them is… well… too much for me. Dairy-entry, as long as it’s not “I went shopping today. Bought 3 shirt and a pair of jeans. It was blue but look very nice. blah blah blah”. Then it will do alright. Lol.
Anime reviews is a whole different thing. I really expect a lot from anime reviews. Cause I’m also hoping to learn from what I read. And use it to improve my own writing after all. In other words, I really follow the peeps in my blogroll because I really think they do write kick-ass reviews. Reviews that are better than mine.
Hah!!!
Watch out, I’m gonna learn your tricks of trade! Lol! Xp
Then I’m going to kick your ass out of my blogroll! Xp
Joking Joking… or am I? Hmmm…..
*Lol. I talk big enough to sound like I write godly post. I know I don’t.
*embarassed -.-”
Lastly, if any post was tl:dr for me. I’d just keep quiet. I also wouldn’t find it offensive if someone was to post a “tl:dr” comment on any post of mine. Cause that someone still bothered enough to post a comment after all. Trying to think positive goes a long way. :)
“transparent pngs” FTMFW! Lol… :)
January 25th, 2010 at 6:33 am
3 things..
1st… my comment was tl:dr. Sorry about that. Lol.
2nd… “Cause I rather a post being too long than to be too short and
notfail to make an impact.”3rd… I’m really REALLY getting irritated with my over usage of Lol’s.
January 25th, 2010 at 6:36 am
“Cause that someone still bothered enough to post a comment after all”
That doesn’t mean I don’t bother enough to post a tl:dr. Lol..
It’s just that I rather not make a comment which might offend a fellow blogger. :)
January 25th, 2010 at 11:57 am
@klux
Of course not :) I wouldn’t be commenting otherwise, no? Lengthiness is never a bad thing in my book, and you talk about a lot of subjects/series/manga. Even if not everything caters to me there will always be something that does.
@2DT
Aw, I’m flattered. Thanks. I definitely do the same for your blog, even if my hasty comments seem otherwise. I do find myself reading all of the posts on blogs I frequent, regardless of if I even like the material, now that you mention it.
The temptation to move on… True, I never acknowledged the differences, but they’re actually very apparent when one thinks about it.
I think book quotations are fine; even if they make a text TPT-exceeding, they’re sort of separate bodies from the rest of the writing. People who find a quote too long seem to skim the quote but will still return to the actual text, which will probably tell them the general idea of the quote anyway.
As a writer’s whose recipients have the word ‘public’ in it, brevity is very important, I agree. It’s probably guaranteed to be in those ‘list of top 5 most important things in an article’ articles, and most importantly, it’s a skill I don’t have. Frowny face.
@mat
Flame war? Over TL;DR comments or me stating the blogging anomie theory? Because if it’s the latter, I did say I was strongly against it.
Yes, it is. I agree that degrees of intonation and personalization can still occur with writing, especially in blog posts, which tend to be personal. That’s really the gist of it, whether or not it’s interesting.
I think I’ve caught myself skimming a blog or two myself, which I’m less guilty of now that you’ve said that. You cut to the ultimatum as always, mat. The point is most important.
Thanks. You should give your blogging some expansion when you have time, I’m anxious to see Down Up There grow.
@Katsura-chan
Despite you saying that, you leave comments very generously :)
The three things you highlighted really are the three invisible things I try to achieve with each post. It’s a general guideline to post writing, in my opinion. Very well highlighted.
I’d hope that’s positive nonchalance as opposed to negative nonchalance :p I’d like to keep my pictures; I think they actually maintain my interest…
I’m glad to see you’ve that principle; I try my hardest not to leave comments like that too. While it’s easy to accuse me of hypocrisy, I at least don’t want my comments to fall into that domain. Comments are like ambassadors; I make sure they’re well-dressed and respectful to maintain a good reputation.
That’s a very technical simile. Don’t worry, I don’t always think that technically ^^;
And as I always say, I think you’re doing marvellously voicing yourself in English. Your comment here is a testament to that.
@Chank
That’s for pussies. Real men write blog posts during exams.
@blur
It appears I’ve been blurbombed :o
Oh blur, you kidder…
You needn’t say. I boomstick everybody equally.
Don’t worry, I’m a
masochistglutton for punishment. I love the long comments. Especially the one you just wrote me, which should be the longest I’ve ever gotten.If I’ve maintained your interest with an engaging topic despite the post being long, than I consider it a definite success.
If you’ll take my humble opinion, you do a great job at brevity. Less so at text compression, but because the humour in your posts keeps the audience’s attention. You do great at controlling their TPTs. I chuckled several times at your comments here alone.
The fear of a post being too short to make an impact is a bad habit though, in my opinion. It’s something I succumb to often as well, and I end up adding something unneeded. As you illustrated, the point can actually be made in a single line – in terms of blog posts, which are very susceptible to skimming, brevity is very important to maintain audience interest. Anyhow, you needn’t worry about it; it’s something you do much better than I.
That certainly is a very interesting way to end up reading an entire post… Though I must say I’m guilty of reading posts backwards as well >.>
Rather, learning from others’ blogs is a swell thing. If their individual styles rub off on you in the slightest and allow you to write ‘better’ posts, then I think the point of blogging being a social activity is realized. The sharing of techniques is very important for humans as well. Nobody’s perfect, and thus the melding of individual truisms improves us.
Thinking positive does indeed go a long way. I think I’ve been on that track for a while, with how I took Redibato, Sora no Oto and Chu-Bra fairly well.
And now you’ve enticed me to bomb NaNeee?! With TL;DRs.
1st – Long comments make me convulse in pleas- Imean I’m open to long comments at all times.
2nd – Addressed above.
3rd – They maintain a casual demeanour. I like them.
Yes, another point of this post was to promote the respect for a fellow blogger. We’re all on the same boat, so it’s very important.
January 25th, 2010 at 1:33 pm
I’m surprised to myself when i see how long my comment is after i posted it. In the form i can’t get a good picture of it’s length ^^
I guess it shows the great interest i have for your speech.
I’m glad we share the same principles on how to create interesting and sincere post on the web.
Oh and thanks a lot for the compliments you often gave me :) That’s sweet.
I know i lack of self-confidence all the time so it’s heartwarming.
“That’s for pussies. Real men write blog posts during exams.” looool i pied my pants ! (not technically speaking ;-) )
January 25th, 2010 at 2:52 pm
True, length scares some readers. But did you want those readers anyway?
January 26th, 2010 at 5:11 am
My TPT changes according to my knowledge and interest to the topic discussed in the post. Anyway, the very long post can be really hard to get through. Solution: split it into several parts ;)
January 26th, 2010 at 1:10 pm
I try to keep my writing pretty short, but being a terrible writer, I’m not too good with concision.
Anyway, fine point you made on OEG’s cynicism. I’m sure many comments are simply ways to get others to visit your own blog. (To be fair, I do quite a bit of that as well.) But there are several blogs I actually do read and comment thoughtfully simply out of interest in the content and the blog. Further, that also dismisses any comments from non-bloggers. Blogging and commenting are way more than circle jerking.
Recently I finally found out what TL;DR meant… I don’t particular dislike it and I do realize most visitors simply browse through the images, maybe read a line or two. I’m fine with that too. I don’t necessarily think TL;DR is disrespect. At the very least, if the commenter dropped a comment with “TL;DR” rather than pressing the back button, he showed enough interest in your blog to at least acknowledge your presence.
Lastly, I read all of your posts (except for the few I really have no interest in). I don’t really have a specific TPT. I guess it would depend on the topic. And it would depend on what 2DT said.
P.S. If this comment is too long, feel free to reply with TL;DR.
January 27th, 2010 at 7:53 pm
Interesting thoughts.
I personally feel that TPT drop rate isn’t just from long posts, but also from the quality of the context. If you have an interesting enough post, people will read it.
In addition, with OEG’s cynicism (I see what you did there!), there definitely are people who leave comments only in hopes that others will check out their blog. But those people quickly disappear when they realize that it isn’t working.
We definitely all want attention. It’s our human nature. We have ideas to share, and boy do we want to share them!
In terms of it being a big waste of time to blog, well… so is playing video games, but we do it anyway because we enjoy it, and that is really the point.
January 28th, 2010 at 8:18 pm
@Katsura-chan
Ahaha, that’s true. For me though, more often than not my comments in my own box down there turn out shorter than I feel they were >.< Which'll probably be the same for this one.
Aw, don't mention it. Compliments they may seem, but I'm serious :D
@IKnight
True, a similar thought had also crossed my mind at some point. You're right, visitors who haven't the patience to sit through the posts aren't ones I'm directing the discussion kindling to anyways.
@Canne
Ehehe, that was my 'get out of jail free' card a while back as well. Problem was, with my 'She's three thousand for a reason, you know' posts it became so long that even after splitting it in three each of the three were still long enough to warrant splitting. Ah well, they were intended to be that long.
@Yi
Well, my take on that cynicism is actually in response to a book I found saying that blogging was the death of productive social criticism (It was in my school library, and was a book simply titled 'blogs'; one would think the point they were trying to make would be better off web published). Still, since it's an answer to web anomie cynicism in general, it also extends to the OEG.
Wow, I'm surprised you feel so lenient about TL;DR. As a bona fide trolling device I find it plenty disrespectful. I certainly don't feel acknowledged by it. I suppose it takes a lot to shake Yi up >:D?
Yes, thanks, I feel the same, I’ve no specific TPT either. Your comment’s definitely not TL;DR, did you see the blurbomb up there? Not that blur’s blurbomb was TL;DR either. I enjoy long comments, worry not. You didn’t honestly think I would pull one ;)?
@Radiant
Eheheh, now now, don’t get that terrifying group on my trail ;)
As I said to Yi, the original premise of my counter-argument was for a book I read on blogging being the death of productive social criticism. Of course, it extends to the OEG, who oftentimes seem to share similar ideas, and anybody who possesses likewise anomie theories.
In all honesty, I seem to do comment exchanges. Of course, not in fully equivalent, one-for-one trades, but I comment on the sites whose writers comment on mine. I really do it without second thought, but when I think about it, I suppose it’s because I feel there’s communication that way – it seems strange for me to appraise what others are doing without them giving me some sort of reply for it.
Of course, if a subject catches my eye and I’ve something to say about it, I’ll definitely comment, but as we all know, unfortunately that isn’t always the case.
Well, videogames are self-fulfilling time wasters, but I don’t think they’re comparable to blogs. Blogging can be so much more. Idealistically, because it connects you with people who possess and write of matters of similar interest, becoming a productive social activity. But really, also because it simply improves one’s writing and media layout skills, depending on how one does it. Blog and post design… The shape of an e-article and where the visual media is can be as important as the context, after all.
February 10th, 2010 at 3:09 am
I’m sorry… were you saying something? I was listening to the boobs.
February 10th, 2010 at 4:52 am
Man, this would’ve been more dramatic or funnier if I wasn’t so impatient wanting to follow up my last comment. That was my attempt at an indirect “tl;dr” comment, lol. So when do I get the boobstick? Somehow an off-topic comment like that can look more rude than a “tl;dr”.
Anyhow… Where to start? I know I like to write a lot and be wordy, so I won’t be too surprised if I see that one day. Or maybe I’ve seen it and didn’t really remember it, lol.
I do disguise long writings with pictures in between. From my point of view, it gives a break between walls of text and hopefully doesn’t strain the eye too much.
I’m a bit behind on blog reading, so that’s why you get these bulk comments from me once every week or two weeks. But somehow your posts are always interesting because they have great insights and never too long. Though I tend to skip reading some comments, lol.
A lot of new blogs I encounter I skim through pictures and then if the pics look interesting I read through it if it’s related to my interest.
About bloggers wanting attention: That was half of my purpose in starting one. The other half is just me wanting to do projects that are fun. By blogging it encourages me to start all those fun projects. If it garners attention, then cool!
I gotta be honest though… I skipped your Zeta Gundam post just because it was too long.
I’m kidding… it’s because I’m planning to watch Z Gundam eventually and not wanting anymore spoilers than what I’ve already heard ^^;
Let’s see… did I cover everything? Let me know if I miss something XD
February 10th, 2010 at 7:14 pm
@rob
Ugh, dammit man, you should’ve waited, it would’ve worked D:
My answer would’ve been something along the lines of ‘oh rob, you kidder. You know, those with unplentiful breasts often look in reverence to those endowed bountifully. With this flawless logic, I strongly suspect that you are secretly quite pettan.’
Now it doesn’t work D:
Well, it is an implied TL;DR comment, but 1. I knew you were joking and 2. It’s relevant to something in the post and thus people will realize it’s not of derogatory nature and get a good laugh out of it.
I also initially placed pictures in between to give readers a breather – a picture says a thousand words, too. Even if it’s a less than relevant image, I felt that it maintained reader interest, TPT, at least a little.
Now I probably just do it out of tradition, but.
The bulk comments are awesome, they’re like early *insert next holiday here* presents. I enjoy getting Robbombed, don’t worry.
I probably implore a similar system when I browse new blogs; it’s all about the pictures. Some people here have said the pictures don’t really affect their read, which I find hard to believe. Oh well, to each their own.
Desiring attention isn’t in its own a bad thing; I’m studying the philosophy of it now, and apparently, ego-gratification,the second level in the model of happiness, is a good thing as long as it’s guided by an altruistic desire (the third level).
Hehe, the Zeta one was very long. There was actually more text than my average posts as well, but the text appeared sparse due to the ridiculous amount of screencaps. There were so many that were just downright hilarious; I couldn’t resist using that many and captioning them. I probably really only used at most half of all the caps I took.
But yes, good luck watching Zeta. Really. Remember to cheer for Axis Zeon… If you’re still awake when Haman-sama hits the screen.
February 11th, 2010 at 5:27 am
Heh, well I had a case of TI;DW (Too Impatient; Didn’t Wait). Funny enough it was your Cencoroll pictures that really started me in reading and commenting. I’m not too good at browsing other people’s blog after they commented on mine, so prolly why it took me that long after you started to comment on mine ^^;
Well I do try to entertain with my posts. Is that altruistic enough? XD
I’m horrible at anime marathons. I hardly do them because I like everything in short bursts… So dunno when I’ll be getting to Zeta… I may just finish it in 52 weeks, though not exactly in order. I do a short pause in between and then watch other anime and go back to it again, lol.
April 30th, 2010 at 9:39 am
Ah, the question of wordiness. As someone who regularly cranks out around 1500 words on TOYS and DOLLS, I have a complicated relationship with length. On one hand, I am very aware of the short attention spans of internet surfers so I try my best to keep the paragraphs short and provide enough photos to retain the reader’s attention. On the other hand, I feel that words are only thing I have going for me, as there are a lot of figure folks out there who take much better photos than I. Walking the perilous tightrope between tl;dr and complete obscurity — how’s THAT for an over-dramatization?
May 1st, 2010 at 7:02 pm
We could totally make a competition out of this.
‘Walking the perilous tightrope between TL;DR and complete obscurity, the sun never sets for Chag, valiant in his quest to give us the most excellent elaborations on the treasures of the age.’
I think you do really well with the lengths of text you use; the number of shots make the words appear sparse, and readers aren’t lost by too many words before they scroll into the next photo. There’s a bit of bias in that, since I use pictures for that exact reason, but that’s what I think.
I wouldn’t know about the quality of your photos; they look fine to me. Since many visiting HH won’t be connoisseurs, we’re really just looking for the angles on the figures and plamos – and you deliver in spades. Then through your text we can learn near everything about the figure/plamo, down to every mode of articulation. It’s informative, and no, not overly-dramatized. Text on Basara’s dokuganryuu should be epic.
There, I just inadvertently wrote a site review.
Also, is it just me, or is Hobby Hovel having downtimes D:?
May 1st, 2010 at 11:15 pm
“Caught between the venomous edge of apathy and the seductive aura of Lexicon, Chag wades through a storm of fear and desire, forever seeking that elusive climax of raw experience.”
Your move =)
Dawww, you spoil me with your words. I’m not too deep into the plamo review sphere (I should really go look for more of those), but there is a lot of talent among figure and toy reviewers who are able to both write a mean review and get very creative with their shots in terms of lighting and props (not sure if you are familiar with Tentacle Armada and OMGWebsite). Of course, I’m not at all competitive when it comes to blogging, but the knowledge of bigger and better things is always there in the back of my noggin.
And no, I haven’t noticed downtimes with HH. The damn twitter widget often refuses to finish loading, which holds back a couple of other page elements. I think that’s a problem with my internet, though, since these days it would take forever to load some websites, especially moontube and amiami… Hmmm, I wonder if my dad has erected an anti-weeaboo firewall or something like that.