Circle jerks are an integral part of the weblogging scene. The first step of a circle jerk is called “reblog”, which means one weblogger commenting on something another weblogger wrote. When a third or even more webloggers join the fray then you have a circle jerk.
The term “circle jerk” usually implies that the participants agree with each other, thus stroking each others’ eCocks. Sometimes though the circle-jerking webloggers don’t agree with each other. In that case, the circle jerk could be classified as a “circle assrape”. While that doesn’t sound particularly pleasant, even circle assrapes include the occasional reacharound, so the term “circle jerk” still applies.
I’m new to this weblog thing and I’ve only recently started monitoring what’s going on in the MMORPG weblogging scene. I don’t really know how frequent circle jerks occur in this particular sub-culture but there’s a nice one going on right now: Cesspit commenting on Plaguelands commenting on AggroMe’s comment on some Penny Arcade diatribe.
What do you call a weblogger commenting on a circle jerk? I am not quite sure myself but a good analogy would probably be a guy stroking his ePenis while watching the circle jerk in progress. Yep, that’s me.
11-14-2006 @ 17:49
Well, matter of fact term, but the point is well made. Gross, but well made.