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You Are Not a Curator, You Are Actually Just a Filthy Blogger

www.theawl.com/2012/06/you-are-not-a-curator-you-are-actually-just-a-blogger

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This precious bit of dressing-up what people choose to share on the Internet is, sure, silly, but it's also a way for bloggers to distance themselves from the dirty blogging masses. You are no different from some teen in Indiana with a LiveJournal about cutting. Sorry folks! You're in this nasty fray with the rest of us. And your metaphor is all wrong. More likely you're a low-grade collector, not a curator.