Blog awards do make beginner bloggers feel better, but after you have been around the block a few times, you realize that they serve no purpose other than spreading spam. If I wasn’t so lazy, I would make my blog an award free blog, because I don’t want to receive any more nominations, answer any more stupid questions and have to nominate anyone else. It becomes a chain mail situation of spam after a while, so I refuse to nominate others. So far, I have not refused an award, but I have stopped nominating others, because I don’t like to put a burden on anyone.
Written for Fandango’s Provocative Question #90 which asks, “How do you feel of blog awards? Why do you feel that way?”
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I think for new bloggers, they inspire them to continue on. To know someone is reading what you write can help you forge onward. I prefer comments from readers. The engagement with others is a huge part of the blogging experience.
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Yes engagement is what makes blogging rewarding for me, thanks for your comment Maggie.
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I took the decision very early on to be an award free blog. I’m glad that I did!
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Good choice.
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I have had to turn down a few and I felt bad but I explained…if I accept one I would have to accept them all.
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They have no value, so if you turn down a nomination, you don’t miss anything.
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I have never turned on down per se, and I will typically answer the asked questions, but I don’t nominate other bloggers, nor do I pose new questions. And I have designated my blog to be an award-free blog. But I still receive nominations.
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Turned *one* down…
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That just goes to show that you don’t ever know that other bloggers are actually paying attention to anything that you write.
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This is true. You never really know.
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It’ not that bad. If you are just starting it is a way to get a bit of exposure. Some of them get a bit on the extreme in terms of what they want you to do. I agree that an established blogger has no use for them.
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I am not against them, but I do see awards as being a waste of time. Like you said, they do give newbies exposure and that is a good thing.
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It also gets newbies to look around to find recipients for the next allocation — that was how I found a few interesting people/sites.
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That is a good point.
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It’s your prerogative.
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I guess I am just a sucker that hates to disappoint others.
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