Simone Silvestroni on Nostr: I'm going to quit mentioning well-known bloggers on a first-name basis. The ...

I'm going to quit mentioning well-known bloggers on a first-name basis. The self-aggrandising concealed implication is annoying: obsessively quoting the same guys as if they’re close friends only reinforces the idea of a walled garden of successful people in their field.

The same distortion happened in the UK recently, when the media insisted on referencing to the former Prime Minister Johnson as "Boris", like he was a cuddly bear, or a mate you meet at a pub. He was neither.

—from my #blog