Sunday, November 28, 2004
obligatory blog explosion post
If there’s one thing I’ve noticed from spending mind-numbing hours on Blog Explosion, it’s that people love to talk about Blog Explosion. So, not to be outdone by my “blog buddies” (if no one else has used this term yet, I hereby claim it as my own), this post is dedicated to that wonder of all wonders, Blog Explosion.
From informal research I’ve conducted, it seems that somewhere between 90% and “holy cow that’s a lot!” of blogs talk about Blog Explosion. And they don’t just post about it, it’s always the most recent post. I guess that’s the only way to get the attention of Blog Explosion readers, who only look at the most recent post anyway. And only 30 seconds worth of the first post, at that.
But here’s what I don’t get. Why do people waste time singing the praises of Blog Explosion when 99.9% of their readers come from Blog Explosion? We can’t even sign up, we’re already signed up!
So, contrarian that I am, I give you the following reasons not to join Blog Explosion. Hey, we're all Blog Explosion members anyway, might as well have a laugh or two at BE’s expense.
1) That empty feeling of going through your stats and seeing “http://www.blogexplosion.com/members/surf.php” as the referrer for every single visitor.
2) The people who go through and give “1” ratings to everyone. I mean, really, there’s only one blog that deserves a “1” rating, and it’s that guy who peddles all the get rich quick schemes.
3) When you click the number to get to the next page and it still says “wrong click.” I mean, really, did I miss by 1 pixel or what? Another 30 seconds of my life wasted, and I don’t even have the 0.125 unused credits + 0.375 credits to show for it.
4) The incredible amount of knitting blogs. One time I got like eighteen knitting blogs in a row. Maybe it should be called “Knitting Explosion.” Knitting explosions, hmm, that might not be such a bad thing. Uh oh, I might be offending the people who give out the “1” ratings - they might be the knitters...Uh, just kidding, I love knitting! I’m knitting right now. Yay!
5) The number of blogs whose most recent post is about Blog Explosion.
I hope you enjoy my list. I better get cracking on my next post. Wouldn’t want to be “one of those people.”
¶ monger187 wrote this on 11/28/2004
From informal research I’ve conducted, it seems that somewhere between 90% and “holy cow that’s a lot!” of blogs talk about Blog Explosion. And they don’t just post about it, it’s always the most recent post. I guess that’s the only way to get the attention of Blog Explosion readers, who only look at the most recent post anyway. And only 30 seconds worth of the first post, at that.
But here’s what I don’t get. Why do people waste time singing the praises of Blog Explosion when 99.9% of their readers come from Blog Explosion? We can’t even sign up, we’re already signed up!
So, contrarian that I am, I give you the following reasons not to join Blog Explosion. Hey, we're all Blog Explosion members anyway, might as well have a laugh or two at BE’s expense.
1) That empty feeling of going through your stats and seeing “http://www.blogexplosion.com/members/surf.php” as the referrer for every single visitor.
2) The people who go through and give “1” ratings to everyone. I mean, really, there’s only one blog that deserves a “1” rating, and it’s that guy who peddles all the get rich quick schemes.
3) When you click the number to get to the next page and it still says “wrong click.” I mean, really, did I miss by 1 pixel or what? Another 30 seconds of my life wasted, and I don’t even have the 0.125 unused credits + 0.375 credits to show for it.
4) The incredible amount of knitting blogs. One time I got like eighteen knitting blogs in a row. Maybe it should be called “Knitting Explosion.” Knitting explosions, hmm, that might not be such a bad thing. Uh oh, I might be offending the people who give out the “1” ratings - they might be the knitters...Uh, just kidding, I love knitting! I’m knitting right now. Yay!
5) The number of blogs whose most recent post is about Blog Explosion.
I hope you enjoy my list. I better get cracking on my next post. Wouldn’t want to be “one of those people.”
¶ monger187 wrote this on 11/28/2004
