How Much Of Your Time Is Wasted Due To Blogger Remorse?

I haven’t posted anything for a few days but thanks to the magic of antibiotics, I’m up and at it again! After catching up on the “breaking news” I missed while I was gone (Paris Hilton detained in Tokyo?), I came across a new video that has me rethink my afore-planned “sorry I haven’t updated in a while” message. Not that I’m not, er, sorry – because I totally am! But according to Urlesque’s Cole Stryker, the average web browser will likely spend three full days of their lifetime listening to similar “sorry” messages from online writers, bloggers and vloggers… and the last thing I want to do is waste your time on something so lame! (Especially when you could be wasting time doing something awesome, like playing ‘Robot Unicorn’ online.)

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Okay… so that 3-day figure didn’t exactly come from the Pew Research Center.  Nor did Stryker’s reported statistic that 75% of vlogs begin with some variant of “It’s been a long time since I’ve posted,” or “I’ve been really busy,” but I wouldn’t be surprised if it turned out to be somewhat true. Posted yesterday, Stryker’s two-minute video makes a compelling argument that “Sorry I haven’t updated in a while” may, in fact, be one of the most-used phrases in all of vlogdom.”

That said, check the video out below! I’ll just let this slew of YouTube users do the ‘polizing for me.

Are there any other phrases that you think have been used and abused in the blogosphere? Let’s start the healing process – share your pain the comment section. (It’ll be cathartic!)

Photo: Even if Urlesque’s ‘Sorry I haven’t updated in a while’ supercut is comprised of clips from videos deemed to be wastes of time, the supercut video itself, like ‘Robot Unicorn‘, is arguably a more entertaining waste of time. Credit: Urlesque.com


geekGLOSS’ Jennifer Latkiewicz is an 10th Level Procrastinator who is always on the lookout for new, creative ways to waste time. Send your favorite websites, games, apps and other online or smartphone distractions to her via e-mail at geekgloss@mygloss.com or on Twitter at @gloss and @geekgloss! If your suggestion is featured, you’ll get a sweet prize!