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Staying on TechMeme
Huh. Looks like I’m de-listed from TechMeme - again. TechMeme seems to drop sites from its “to-index” list if you don’t link to other stories that get on TechMeme regularly. To be honest, I don’t really like that - it increases the feedback loop that clusters blog posts around whatever the two or three hot topics of the day may be. That decreases the breadth of stories that get written as writers are encouraged to write on TechMeme’d topics and discouraged from writing on others. Of course it also decreases the breadth of stories that hit TechMeme.
Of course no one should be writing “for” TechMeme - but TechMeme to some degree has come to define what’s “topical” in the tech blogosphere. I think Gabe R. would state that TechMeme just chronicles the discussion taking place, but I’d argue that by virtue of existing, TechMeme is influencing. The traffic that TechMeme can deliver provides motivation to write on stories that are on TechMeme - making it an active part of the blogosphere - not an impartial observer. I’ve certainly written posts on TechMeme-listed news expressly to get traffic - and have been rewarded for it with nice spikes.
Over the past two weeks, however, I’ve been actively trying to read TechMeme less, so as to get out of the topics that bloggers flock to and focus writing on what really interests myself and hopefully TechFold readers. The hope is that in creating a blog with a personality of its own, as opposed to just a reflection of What’s Hot on TechMeme, will in the long run garner this site more & more dedicated readership.
Thoughts? Please share.
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It comes down to a two questions that only you can answer, IMO. If you say no to either, then forget about them and move on…
1) Do you need the traffic?
2) Can you write TechMeme related stuff without compromising the integrity of your articles and writing?
I think defining your own techfold style separate from TechMeme is always a good idea. How do you know you were actually de-listed?
@Andrew - If TechFold is getting indexed, I can pick a link off Techmeme, write a post around it, and will get picked up in the “discussion” section for that link on Techmeme. These days my linked posts no longer count as discussion — which is too bad, but so be it.
@James - agreed with both of your points. (1) I don’t think I *need* the traffic; I like it (its always gratifying!), but Techfold is a hobby not a livelihood. (2) Yes - I think I have in the past. That being said, I have a finite amount of blog-time in a day to split between things that really catch my eye that I want to share, and those that will drive techmeme traffic.