The Silentist

dreamsofperfection:

I know Ryan hates on the reblogs in this, but it deserves to reblogged… It inspires me to put together more original content for my own blog.  Sometimes it’s tough to come up with original things, and I fall into the habit of just highlighting shit I like (although I try to at least check out a lot of it in person, even if I’m not buying it).    Good call CB, posting it here.

cbenjamin:

Admittedly, Good Ol’ Pletty can be a bit polarizing with his tone and this piece is rife with backhanded compliments and subliminals.  There are, however, some good points especially for new/young bloggers.

So, this is getting quite the reaction today (see here and here, surely more to come). I’ve already kind of said my piece about blogging and made it known about my preference for original content (among other things). I think Plett struck a nerve by asking for more originality, but I get that some people just like to reblog stuff for the sake of keeping a “cool shit” archive for their own purposes (for me, that’s what I use the like button 50% of the time for on Tumblr). I think his points he laid out were generally good observations – if your intent is “to go pro” in any blogging field, not just menswear.

But I also don’t think that most of us are trying “to go pro” – I’m not, I have a day gig. I kind of see the Tumblr community as sort of a forum without a centralized location and a backchannel of sorts. Really, its’ something to kill my work day during the slow times.

(via dreamsofperfection)