Pray till ya sweat and you'll save yourself eternal hellfire

I’ve been disappointed with the local blogging community for going on a year. When I’d first gotten involved I felt surrounded by cultural creatives. I had found a tribe of people who wanted to create new things. This was a group of people who had adopted new modes of expression and community building. At some point they zigged and I zagged and I lost the fulfillment I’d once found in the community.

I think I understand where I diverged. The recent Bloggies controversy has illustrated much of why I lost interest. Local dfw blogger ed k showed some enthusiasm in getting out the DFW vote during the nominating process. It was more effective than he had planned and several DFW people made the finals. The response to his effort has been piles and piles of scorn, anger and personal attacks. People who deemed themselves judge and jury (when that clearly resides with the Bloggie’s maintainer Nikolai) proceeded to share their uninformed opinions and tear down rather create. I’d link to some of their posts but they’ve been removed.

Where is that tribe? Where are the gleaners who constantly evolve taking what they need and leaving what they don’t? The ones who are too busy to fret over the silly things others do.