Comments on: Eating lunch at the blogosphere’s “cool” table http://www.toddearwood.com/2007/06/14/eating-lunch-at-the-blogospheres-cool-table/ Connecting the dots of life through more personal connections. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:42:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: rusty_angel http://www.toddearwood.com/2007/06/14/eating-lunch-at-the-blogospheres-cool-table/#comment-53 rusty_angel Fri, 27 Jul 2007 01:49:56 +0000 http://www.toddearwood.com/2007/06/14/eating-lunch-at-the-blogospheres-cool-table/#comment-53 The analogy is not fully correct (while still fun and interesting). In school it's somewhat bi-polar: there are "popular" people, right, those are just like "cool bloggers", and there also are "cool outsiders". The latter do not have much people around, but almost as popular as "populars" are. I didn't see anything like that in blogosphere. Probably I didn't look carefully enough. :) And there's one more common thing of blogs and school you didn't mention: "losers" form their own small "clubs" and hang around together. They are usually just real friends. And there's the same shit here: when you start blogging you link to a few people you know beyond blogs, and so do they. The analogy is not fully correct (while still fun and interesting). In school it’s somewhat bi-polar: there are “popular” people, right, those are just like “cool bloggers”, and there also are “cool outsiders”. The latter do not have much people around, but almost as popular as “populars” are. I didn’t see anything like that in blogosphere. Probably I didn’t look carefully enough. :)
And there’s one more common thing of blogs and school you didn’t mention: “losers” form their own small “clubs” and hang around together. They are usually just real friends. And there’s the same shit here: when you start blogging you link to a few people you know beyond blogs, and so do they.

]]> By: Jason Falls http://www.toddearwood.com/2007/06/14/eating-lunch-at-the-blogospheres-cool-table/#comment-25 Jason Falls Mon, 18 Jun 2007 14:28:24 +0000 http://www.toddearwood.com/2007/06/14/eating-lunch-at-the-blogospheres-cool-table/#comment-25 So long as I'm at your table, I at least feel as I am in the "in" crowd. I could be wrong ... but So long as I’m at your table, I at least feel as I am in the “in” crowd.

I could be wrong … but

]]> By: Web sites need raised hands : Todd Earwood http://www.toddearwood.com/2007/06/14/eating-lunch-at-the-blogospheres-cool-table/#comment-24 Web sites need raised hands : Todd Earwood Mon, 18 Jun 2007 06:08:08 +0000 http://www.toddearwood.com/2007/06/14/eating-lunch-at-the-blogospheres-cool-table/#comment-24 [...] involved in your site versus signing up/visiting is so much harder. As I’ve mentioned before, web users like to be voyeurs first and interactive second. New users like to take tour around and explore and if you’re lucky they’ll maybe even [...] [...] involved in your site versus signing up/visiting is so much harder. As I’ve mentioned before, web users like to be voyeurs first and interactive second. New users like to take tour around and explore and if you’re lucky they’ll maybe even [...]

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