blog remora, n., blahg reh-MOH-rah: One who attempts to increase the popularity of her or his own blog, or avoid the labour of blogging, by quoting the comments of more established bloggers.

e.g. – “Heyz, everyone. I’m kinda hung over after last night’s MeetUp, so if nobody minds, I’ll just be a blog remora today. OK – Scoble has something interesting to say…”

e.g. 2 – “Technorati shows there isn’t a lot of actual discussion of the issue: just the original post at Corante, and a whole bunch of blog remoras chiming in.”

Originated/inspired by Michael Powell of freethought.ca in this post quoting Paul Wells, in which, paradoxically, coining the term disqualifies him from having it apply to him:

I usually don’t like just referring to other blogs in posts, especially when I suspect it is one that most people read anyway. Makes me feel like I am just playing remora to the good-post-shark.

Not to be confused with blog remorse, the regret a blogger feels over an ill-thought-out post or comment, especially one that cannot now be edited.

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