We all know that there’s a lot of junk on the web, and we’ve all probably contributed our fair share one way or the other, especially if we have blogs. But one of the biggest annoyances to me is the phenomenon of what I call “meta blogging:” Blogging about blogging, especially how to make money by blogging.

So I enjoyed this new post on Blogussion (a site which blogs about blogging, yes, but they provide useful information and how-to articles, rather than the usual pap): Stop Blogging About Blogging Already. As the author says:

I am truly annoyed any time I come across a new site that talks about blog ging tips. Why? Any one can blog about blogging. We all have read blogs that talk about these tips and so we can just transform our take on things, insert our own voice, and attract the same community.

I agree. Blogging as a topic is only going to interest a certain, small number of people. And there are already hundreds of blogging blogs out there. I’d much rather see people start blogs about something else that they’re passionate about and can write about in a unique way, like a friend of mine did in his blog, Waffles and Steel. The ability for people with original voices, knowledge, and points of view to publish on their own is one of the things that makes me love blogs. I have seeing the opportunity wasted on yet another blog about blogging.