Comments on: Grubby Typing is Not Blogging

By: Alexia

Alexia — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:03:27 +0000

Indeed - commenting can be useful.

Thanks Dave. I’ll take a look at the RSS.

By: Dave Davis

Dave Davis — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:58:38 +0000

Well there ya go
Just goes to show that commenting on other peoples blogs IS a valid form of network and promotion.

FYI: Your RSS feed doesn’t work for me in Google reader, I had to use your Atom feed. Maybe it’s me though.

By: Alexia

Alexia — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:55:22 +0000

Yeah - I think he’s on the ball alright.. Hard to pull the wool over Damien’s eyes. I just felt it needed to be said.

Wow, thanks Dave. Happy to have you on-board. I’ve been blogging for a couple of months now… I used to be aggregated on IrishBlogs.ie until I moved hosting and now their aggregation monster ignores me. I’m happy with what I have for the moment. I like to build my sub base naturally.

By: Dave Davis

Dave Davis — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:44:41 +0000

Judging by his last reply to your comment he’s already well aware of it anyway. But yea, there are quite a few in there with a bit of an agenda all right but as you said, it’s al about eyeballs.

Slightly off topic, but why did it take me so long to find your blog? (You have a new subscriber)

By: Alexia

Alexia — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:39:19 +0000

@Dave Thanks. I know that Damien wasn’t going to add categories willy nilly. I just wanted to make a callout on how the commenters were abusing their chance to shape the 08 awards.

By: Dave Davis

Dave Davis — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:22:26 +0000

Spot on. I don’t think Damien was expecting that though.

I was browsing through the categories already decided upon and indeed notice that “my” category wasn’t there. But as you mentioned in your comment, there are not enough blogs to warrant an award… hence the second for an expat category.

Damien is not the kind of person that will add a category just to please the masses though (I don’t think so anyway!).

By: Alexia

Alexia — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 22:38:30 +0000

@walter Thanks

By: walter

walter — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:55:31 +0000

> For the most part, blogging is an ego exercise. Anyone who disagrees is telling lies.

Agree 100%.
um.
that’s all.

By: Alexia

Alexia — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:48:12 +0000

I’m ignoring those cretins altogether. I’m just repulsed by the grimey self-interest being exhibited over at Mulley’s place.. Ick

By: Robert Synnott

Robert Synnott — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:39:41 +0000

Oh, there are _far_ more sinister reasons to blog than ego, as we have seen with the recent link sale controversy. Ego is probably one of the less scary reasons…