Let me start by saying this is a factual statement and not my opinion.
No apologies will be made on this one, LOL, seeing that most of the top bloggers have no business giving expert opinion on what they have become popular for. Just because you buy something as a consumer does not make you an expert. That is in music, tech, business, sex, psychology or whatever else it is that many have delved into. There is almost a sense of backwardness that the actual experts are on the comments arguing their points of views, which by the way are fact driven and not just some rant about personal feelings.
Now I do not profess to be the smartest man in the world but some of things that I have read on bloggish articles and dictionaries are appalling. To think that mainstream America has embraced these blogs as expert commentary.
Just because you understand SEO and tag lines you have become the expert at what is and what is not the best product on the market. The reasoning behind it is not even concrete. Can they even tell the difference between a real or fake. Probably not but they can install some software that drives hits to their sites. To think that this is the direction that even the press has embraced, telling watered down and emotional stories that lead to speculation instead of truth.
At least I state that my blogs are opinion but when I do delve into some expertise of mine I will reference what makes my point of view valid. Note I did not say expert, you are judge an expert by peers and not self affirmation.
What does a 16 year old know about anything of great substance anyway? Not to say there aren’t any exceptions to the rules but this is the going trend of the day. I’ve read articles (blogs) about how to make money doing something that the writer has not done but knows someone who shared a testimonial with them. We all have read articles (blogs) on industry standards from a person that has just got into the business that they have become an expert in overnight. Then we wonder why it does not work for us.
Business used to be about finding the winning formula. You start with A then you move to B, follow the letters all the way down to Z then you become the master of your trade. Once you’ve mastered a thing you mentor and duplicate your formula. When you are tired and grey you sit down and write a book to share what you know and love to others that may be struggle or in need of direction. Now industries are ran by novices who have studied books on subject matter with no job experience and we ignorantly buy them and make them rich.
Were I come from young people are told to be quiet and wait their turn to speak. Now-a-days it is the other way around. The wisdom has left the building and given way to pure speculation.

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