Jay Tea at Wizbang! reminds us about Stephen Den Beste’s categorization of bloggers as:
- Thinkers, who write essays and whatnot.
- Linkers, who post links and say, “Heh.” or “Indeed.”
However, this simple dichotomy overlooks the third type of blogger: the lister.
The lister type of blogger:
- Embraces the numbered or bulleted list as a means of communication.
- Often dashes off lists of related items important to the blogger.
- Relates favorites in movie or music, often specializing in:
- One
- The other
- Both
- Participates in and spread “memes” which contain lists of questions or simple lists for other bloggers to fill out.
The beauties of the list blog include:
- Not needing to assemble complete paragraphs; all you need is a topic sentence or a topic fragment.
- Lists easily translatable into PowerPoint presentations, with neat transition effects.
- Take up lots of vertical space on the blog, ensuring that the content column is longer than the blogroll.
- Could make blogger as famous, wealthy, and respected as Chris White.
These blogs show signs of listery from time to time:
- A Small Victory
- Protein Wisdom
- Overtaken by Events
- Rocket Jones
- IMAO
- Wizbang!
- Musings from Brian J. Noggle
- Electric Venom
So the thinkers and linkers polar axis needs to accommodate a new dimension: those of us who don’t necessarily think nor necessarily link but do, in fact, blog incessantly.
Blogs are a great way to express yourself. I have tried many ways to use them and one of these days will find out how.