Recently, I came across a certain Stardoll-related blog in Greek, titled Stardoll à la Ellinika (Stardoll à la Greek). I can certainly not compare it to the shit that is Ghandoora's blog, (No offense.) since the writers there post in a language they can actually speak, but it is apparent that the posts are distinguished by naivete and have nothing substantial to offer, except from copy-pasted paragraphs from Wikipedia and general facts.
I am not bashing the blog. In fact, I congratulate its owner and contributors for managing to make something as unoriginal and plain that popular. However, it is quite unfortunate that such blogs quickly achieve popular status, while much more deserving projects remain unknown.
In this virtual world of ours, very few projects have survived the test of time. Surprisingly enough, some of Stardoll's most notorious ventures have failed, slowly faded into obscurity, or simply been abandoned by their creators.
It is true; quitting a Stardoll project is almost as common as starting one. On certain occasions, pompusly declaring "I quit!" is the best solution, as the creation of rough-edited blogs and magazines is not off beat nowadays. Usually, though, it's the good projects that end up failing.
One of the, in my humble opinion, most original and well-thought projects is the "Stardoll School Of Blogging". Sadly, after a few promising posts, the owner posted a very brief message, announcing a hiatus. Not surprising, considering the recent lack of posts. Despite the great advice given -which actually prompted me to restart SDATC- it soon became apparent -to me, at least- that the students themselves didn't do much to save the blog. I do not claim to be a better writer, but posts that begin with the sentence "My favorite Stardoll blog is..." are very reminiscent of first grade writing assignments.
Still, such an original venture should be applauded and supported. I guess, though, people are more interested in simple posts that offer no food for thought whatsoever.
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