Lately I have seen a disturbing trend with bloggers. Especially around the make money industry there seem to be some certain bloggers that can’t get enough by sucking up to all the celebrity bloggers in the hopes of getting noticed.It is the blogger groupie movement.
A comment from Markk alerted me to the fact when I was writing about “minding your own business“. I realized that I’m not alone with this thought and wonder whether it is our natural pull toward celebrity and fame that makes us behave like idiots, or whether we lost track of what really matters.
So What Exactly is a Blog Groupie:
Wikipedia says this about groupies: “A groupie is a person who, while he/she may be a fan at some level, seeks intimacy (most often physical, sometimes emotional) with a famous person.”
Since there isn’t really a valid definition of blog groupies to be found, we can assume that blog groupies are those who hang onto every word of the most famous bloggers, jostling for space to be seen on the comments section (need to be in the top 10 to make it worthwhile) and take every opportunity to quote or paraphrase whatever they say.
Whether it is true or not.
The blog groupie movement is for real, just look around you. They are to be found on every top bloggers website and often they are the same persons.
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I like Maki and his blog too, though I don’t think I’ve ever left a comment there. He comes across as very genuine, with a lot of integrity.
Things could be a lot worse with the groupies – at least they’ve not started throwing knickers at John Chow yet like Tom Jones fans used to do
Lucy Lastic: Hehe…that would be something. Good job we can’t throw virtual underwear.
Good post. I’m glad some others hate the … what you call groupie I call kissa$$!
People need a spine to keep them vertical and prevent them from kissing.
Cheers.
Great post! I certainly agree with you. I joined Yaro Storak’s Blog Mastermind program. He is helpful and very smart…