I'm not picking on anyone specifically, but...

Our keynoter Jason Calacanis told me today that if a blogger has to have a conversation with herself about the ethics of taking a product for free and then writing about it, or going on a blogger junket and writing about it, she has already lost the battle in terms of her credibility. I vehemently disagree. Things are rarely that black and white, and I think there’s room to develop best practices surrounding pay-per-post. Obviously, lack of disclosure is not an option. If someone pays you or gives you something for free, you have to say that. If there’s a black and white rule surrounding this, that’s the one.

- via Blog Business Summit

Why do some bloggers take blogging so seriously? Robert Scoble got the ball rolling with this post. I get why he takes blogging so seriously, which is why his blog works. His blog has always been a means to an end - just like it should be.

I'll take pictures of cats and "OMFGLOL!" over this sort of navel gazing any day.

If these folks wanted to do the sport of blogging some good, they'd ignore what other bloggers were doing - and the conference circuit as well.