Comments on: The Politics of Blogging

By: Mario

Mario — Mon, 20 Feb 2006 08:15:00 +0000

Good points. Reading a few blogs for ideas and inspiration without being myself a blogger, probably gives me a slightly different view of the system. I am an user/reader.#the current way to gain visibility (personal relationships) just can’t push the best ideas to the top. It’s too much a social game. Politics, as you say.#the system is blog-based, not post-based. The real-world result is that a post like “I went to a party yesterday” from a popular blog gets a lot of counter hits (of course, who cares. I went to eat a pizza, so what?).Guy Kawasaki’s blog may have received a lot of links easily but I think that’s just a part of the story. It’s actually a great blog.*Insights*. That’s the single unique value one can extracts from a blog. Anything else is very rarely interesting.I am convinced that the system will change (post-based + reader-driven) as soon as a robust engine becomes available.

By: Kent

Kent — Sun, 19 Feb 2006 23:10:00 +0000

Thanks Om. I appreciate the link the other day and even moreso that you read my blog.Guy, I use blogger to publish, but not host, my blog, so I’ve been using its comments platform. But I didn’t know you had to have a blogger account to make a comment; that’s a problem.I’m trying to move over to WP, but as I talked about in an earlier post today, that’s not the easiest thing in the world to do.

By: Guy Kawasaki

Guy Kawasaki — Sun, 19 Feb 2006 23:03:00 +0000

Thanks for the defense. I didn’t know I was a bad person until today. By the way, why do you require creating a Blogger account to post a comment?The registration process makes you think you have to create a blog with them.Guy

By: om

om — Sun, 19 Feb 2006 22:47:00 +0000

good points you make – but for me, its simple – its good it gets a play. if not then, you know …. but keep up the good work. just because i don’t link doesn’t mean i don’t read you