The Blogosphere
It's that part of the internet which belongs to bloggers, who are supposed to be those keeping an online journal or diary, places to put down their own thoughts, or chronicle events taking place in their lives and/or of interest to them.
But even the blogosphere is filled with chain letters because people are actually posting yet more copies of this junk to their blogs. Memes are especially common and may take the form of "surveys" or "awards" where you have to fill out answers or something else according to the particular rules of the chain letter, and "tag" your friends.
This page showcases blogs and entries where people willingly if unwittingly nixed the value of their own bit of cyberspace by posting chain letters to their blogs, with or without tagging/forwarding them on to other people. Even if some are reluctant to do the tagging thing because it feels too much like a chain letter, but they still fill out everything else and put it on their blog without further complaint of how ridiculous the whole thing is, that's basically like sending a good luck forward via email with a little disclaimer at the top saying that you don't usually do these things. Yeah, right.
So from the perspective of this page, having your link showing up in this section is by no means a compliment, and is definitely not something you want.
Some of these have background music, and this is astounding. It's a real mystery how people can have enough creativity and understanding of technology to put music on their pages, yet they still post chain letters.
Starting with a stale joke list that just won't die. This crazy chain letter has been spreading its insanity like crazy first through email, then web forums, and now social networks and blogs. sightings of this unfunny loony list are so frequent that it deserves its own section.
Stale Joke Chain Letter List of Crazy Suggestions
The Insanity List Joke Chain posted on Daladysman's Multiply Blog
Another Crazy List Joke Chain posted on same blog
a supposed Jeff Foxworthy Canadian humor chain letter posted on Rae's blog
Supposed Jef Foxworthy Humor chain about Utah
or Upstate New York
"I Rescued A Human Today" really sappy anthropomorphic animal welfare chain letter posted on Jo Everyday Math Chick's blog
Blog Awards - Something Pathetic So why participate then?
the Simple VS Real Friend Test posted to this Livejournal
and on Melly's blog
"Run Through the Rain"glurge chain letter on web site and the poster admits to not caring if it's true or not.
Someone with the unlikely handle of Legendary Sex Guru posted an Upgrade from Boyfriend to Husband chain
Crazymore Revived and Mutated the Penny Brown hoax - she's now named Shumila Ahmed
The Jessica Mydek hoax posted on someone's web site
The Anne Wichert World Record Chain Letter posted on Oneisha Christine's Blog
Cerisians
and Marina Charlene's Multiply Blog
Curt Schilling's - Wear Red, Support the Troops Chain
CageKitten's Livejournal Year-End Chain Letter Post
Web Search Go Meme
Sandy's Meme Chain Letter on Storyteller's Blog
Storyteller's follow-up post encouraging people to take part
Sandy's Haiku Chain Letter Memes
Marquisdejolie's Blog Meme Post
Marquis de Jolie Video Meme
Neznohibi's Blog
IneedAlife209's Chain Letter Post
Liz Strauss
and April posted the coffee cup glurge chain
Archived Snopes Discussion of Coffee Cup Chain
Groupthink Leftist Chain Letter
also posted on this blog
and linked to from this one
Simple Friend VS. Real/True Friend Chain, a meme, bad language and typing - Ling's blog
Meme on Sadie's Blog
Meme chain letter on Orajourn Charles Schultz's Blog
Prince Chubby's Participation and Posting of a Horoscope Chain Letter
Tag! Here Goes a Chain Letter on Tim's Blog
Jake starts and posts chain letter memes on this and apparently other blogs
Chain Letter Meme Originator Jake's Blog that Unleashed a Frenzy of Splogging
From Floyd Fteter to Tim Dexter
From Tim Dexter to Gareth Roberts
From Gareth Roberts to Jornica
From Jornica to Patrick Barel
From Patrick
M. Claims Not to Do Chain Letter Stuff then Turns around and Defends and Posts a Chain Letter Meme on His/Her Blog
Personally, I think it is not spam, or at least not bad spam. - some great comments in disagreement!
from Jake the chain originator
to Dan Norris
to Chris Muir
to Tim Hall
to Andy C
Andy's Open Letter to Howard Rogers makes excuses for participating in Jake's meme which he doesn't believe is a chain letter
from chain originator Jeff Pulver
Shel Holtz's first tagging
Tom Vander Well
Heidi Miller
Anna Farmery
Collin Douma who multi-tags and perpetuates chain letter memes
and Dave Fleet
committed Mitch Joel's second tagging
Shel Holtz's second tagging
from Lee Aase
From Bmart's second tagging
Maddie the Reluctant Blogger - not so reluctant participant in a chain letter meme
Kevin who thinks it's not gentlemanly not to do a meme chain letter when you've been tagged
to Sue Pelletier
to Rob Everton
Jenny Stuart actually sings the praises of chain mail
Mani posted a political chain letter from the Yahoogroup Friend4all on a blog
Ashley posted a meme she got from Jim
Budget Cut Chain Letter on Dashusland Blog
David S. Cohen originated the Headlines for the New Year Meme
Bridget Crawford was one of those who spread it
It made its way to Ann Bartow
From Ann Bartow to Jim Chen's Blog
From Jim Chen to Michael Dorf's Blog
Will Harrison originated an Increase Your Technorati Rating Chain Letter
It spread to this blog as An Experiment with Technorati Authority
First this blogger's post is nicely against chain letters but then Caves Into a meme! Aww, too bad!
Miss Beatrice's Blog
Martman's Blog
Anti-Bush Chain Letter Impersonating Laura Bush on the Chatty Crone's Blog
Meme and More Chain Letters
Posted on Little Ang's Blog
Meme from Ashley at Firstimpressions Blog to Mrs. Mom
to Skywindows
Meme - here the chain letter is called an "interview"
Dennis's Article on Jake's Notorious Blog Meme - and he's for it
From Oliver Gassner in German
Martin Koser in English to Luis Suarez
From Luis Suarez
and Stephen Collins
to Jazz
to Aqualung, another one who claims to dislike chain letters but caves in and answers the meme on their blog
Stephen Collins got it from Andrew Boyd
from Maria Murphy
From Matthew Hodgson
Luis Swarez got it from Robinson
who got it from Saboma though the meme doesn't seem to be there, she's into the blogger awards stuff
Oxymoron: the 'Common Sense Junction' Taxed with Chain Mail
Goinglikesixty
a "Getting to Know Me" meme posted on Eldevlin's blog
As with most other memes you can trace it back through every branch to see who posted this particular beltch on their blog and who tagged who. All of this "tagging" stuff is happening faster than every offending blog link can be posted to this site as has been attempted in the past, so follow all the back-tags to see who have given into this viral blog clutter.
Horoscope Chain on Jasmine's Blog
Cokelatrawkz
Here is the Snopes discussion on Kopi money with some very good links from the second poster
Admittedly Stupid Email Fwd survey chain posted on Krazikyp's Myspace Blog
Sallarom's Multiply Blog
Web Comment Luck Chain posted on Ybf27's Wordpress Blog
Demented Disaster's Multiply Blog
Larry Teabag Meme Originator with a Bad Blogger Userid
and The Curmudgeon
andUlaca
and Joycey
the Anthony Robins Luck Chain posted on Shoes2boots blog
Dustim Graham Says he Needs Chain Letters
Weird Letter and Number Chain Letter Puzzle on peitzschykeen's Blog
Bingbongboo
Dorky Death Explanation Chain Letter on Toparanormal
Blahthequah's Livejournal
The 1000 Marbles story Chain letter posted on Remembertheway's Blog
There is a discussion about this chain on the old Snopes board archive
Jeff Pulver Originated a Meme Chain Letter
to Talk's Blog
Pittsburgh Thoughts posted a blithering anti-Bush chain letter
Msnuktech posted a Stroke chain letter
Snopes Info on the stroke chain
Pro-Hillary Clinton Chain Letter on Doug Ross Directorblue's Blog
Horoscope Chain posted on Dailyscribbles
The Boyfriend Chain Letter on Gajen007's Blog
Cold Water Warning Hoax Chain on Lai's Blog
Mary B's Participation in a Book Chain Letter
10 Things Mary Did in 2008 - meme-ish post but without the tagging nonsense
Maryam Webster posted the Beauty Tips chain letter not from Audrey Hepburn, though the piece was a favorite of Audrey's
Info on this particular chain
from">La Mia Cucina
Miss Laurie
Gretchen
Karen
Megan
Chocolate Moosey Carla
Cookie Madness Anna
Average Jane Crafter
Cheesy and not necessarily Chinese proverb about money
Snip Snap Jeana Rae
Show And Tell a really bad glurgy story posted on AshleyJ's blog
Red Shirt chain on Scooter's blog
The Big Read posted on Alayna's blog
stupid anti-George W Bush chain posted on blog
another whiny forward about the government on Jennifer's blog
Stock Market Parable on Shaunbala's blog
another stupid chain letter
Five Online Picks Meme on Michael Allison's blog
Chris and Laura "don't normally do these" Does that sorry excuse sound familiar or what?
a holiday meme chain letter posted by Snarl on what looks like a college web page
the Return of the Dreaded "Elf Yourself" - OH NO!
Newborn Conversation with God. However touching, it is also completely unrealistic, in so many ways.
One Rude Dude actually participates in money chain letters and advertises this on his blog
Kristi Noser Loves Those Email Forwards!
The not-so cute "Only In America" "Points to Ponder" chain letter posted on a Livejournal
Should and Shouldn't email quiz posted by Dara on Wordpress blogs
Calehammer
and IWishIWasACo on Wordpress blogs
Laughing Purple Goldfish Designs posted a meme on their blog
and Heather Wardell's blog
another "six things you don't know" meme posted to catavino.net
Cursed Again Somebody so desperate for points that she posts a chain letter meme on her blog. Yes, cursed to having the link show up on this page for your efforts.
yet another meme
A Challenge for Friends Claims not to be a chain letter, but if it goes viral, it is.
A "Giving Thanks" chain letter posted on Wordpress by Zenca3
Environmentalist got and posted a - lemonade award
more ego-appeal via blog award chain letter stupidity
a "Giving Thanks" chain letter posted on hospitality.net
another tagging scheme meme chain posted to Home Paddock's blog
another viral web award meme chain letter
Incoming memes posted by Bug Girl on a wordpress blog
A Pay-it Forward Starbucks tale posted on blog of Jason Remington
Chain letter targeting Muslims posted on Lollie's blog
The Six Random Things meme chain posted on J's blog
Memery chain on Pyromancer's Livejournal
Tagging meme chain posted on Lu's bookworm blog Yes, Lu, it is a chain letter and you have already "done it" by posting it on your blog.
Bill likes sending snailmail postcard chains Thank goodness it's just a harmless hobby among him and his friends.
A short version of the "When A Girl" chain posted on Wendy's blog Aw, too bad, such nice music doesn't belong with this stuff.
another lame chain letter posted on Fieka's blog
Jennifer Burns posted a meme and a horrible debasing of
this post titled Observations, calling it her "nazi stance" Nazi = racist/rapist/torturor/murderers. People, do stop tossing that word around like it's nothing and how every little firm attitude of yours or someone else is the same as a brutal regime to you! You're not killing and abusing people in death camps!
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