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Last week the blogosphere was abuzz with talk about the article that NYT published regarding the stress levels being seen in Tech bloggers (My views on this subject are here). At the same time Eric Rice posed an interesting theory last week, asking if social web early adopters have psychological disorders?

My initial reaction was like WTF? Is this guy trying to offend Tech Bloggers worldwide. I always thought Tech Bloggers are the people who are generally ahead of the curve in adopting the latest in technology. I was like why on earth is this guy calling out the early adopters to be suffering from Psychological disorders like ADHD and OCD?

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This morning New York Times is running an interesting post titled “In Web World of 24/7 Stress, Writers Blog Till They Drop“. The moment I read it, I was pretty sure that it is going to be the food for thought for the whole of the blogosphere weekend. Bloggers from everywhere are sure to post their opinions on the issues raised by Matt Richtel on New York Times.

Matt believes that bloggers everywhere are on the edge of nervous breakdown, or a heart attack (points at Om Malik) or probably even death (referring to Russell Shaw). The claims made by Matt are sensational alright, but it does raise some important questions that we bloggers need to answer.

I can’t really speak for bloggers in niches other than Technology simply because I myself am an Tech Blogger. The Tech blogosphere at the moment is extremely competitive and just about everyone including me are hunting for the next big scoop. Things are rapidly changing in our world and even while we sleep there is a lot happening.

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