Comments on: welcome to the flatlands http://gapingvoid.com/2005/07/21/welcome-to-the-flatlands/ "cartoons drawn on the back of business cards" Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:17:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Thomas http://gapingvoid.com/2005/07/21/welcome-to-the-flatlands/#comment-6940 Thomas Fri, 22 Jul 2005 04:24:59 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1621#comment-6940 Further thought, this was a Sunday post in the middle of summer, could it be Slashdotters are getting lives and not on the computer 24/7? Further thought, this was a Sunday post in the middle of summer, could it be Slashdotters are getting lives and not on the computer 24/7?

]]> By: Thomas http://gapingvoid.com/2005/07/21/welcome-to-the-flatlands/#comment-6939 Thomas Fri, 22 Jul 2005 02:28:43 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1621#comment-6939 Perhaps the tide is down for A-Listers but up for blogs over all. Two-three years ago I was blogging everyday with multiple posts, except when I was noticed by an A-Lister, 80 hits was a busy day. Now I blog less frequently but my site is regularly over 300 a day. I am willing to drop a good percent of that to robots, say a third, but still that's over double the traffic I used to get. Perhaps the tide is down for A-Listers but up for blogs over all. Two-three years ago I was blogging everyday with multiple posts, except when I was noticed by an A-Lister, 80 hits was a busy day. Now I blog less frequently but my site is regularly over 300 a day. I am willing to drop a good percent of that to robots, say a third, but still that’s over double the traffic I used to get.

]]> By: Alexoid http://gapingvoid.com/2005/07/21/welcome-to-the-flatlands/#comment-6938 Alexoid Fri, 22 Jul 2005 00:33:35 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1621#comment-6938 I used to have a handful of sites I would read daily. I used to read 90% of all Slashdot posts and often a lot of the comments, today I log onto Bloglines and skim over posts in dozens of blogs (including this one). I'm sure I'm not the only one doing this, with so much choice you start going much less in depth. I probably read 5-10% of all the articles I come across fully (follow links, etc...) I don't think I'm a special case, I haven't read a C|Net article in six months and haven't bought Wired in at least that long. I've been following a few Flash blogs and quite a few of them have seen their stats spike because of the release of Flash 8 beta. This is what we're moving towards, many sites, loads of content and popularity based on timing and context. Don't particularily see a problem with that. Blogging will probably plateau, lose it's "in" factor at some point and that will put some people off but sharing your thoughts is far too primal to ever die out. I used to have a handful of sites I would read daily. I used to read 90% of all Slashdot posts and often a lot of the comments, today I log onto Bloglines and skim over posts in dozens of blogs (including this one). I’m sure I’m not the only one doing this, with so much choice you start going much less in depth. I probably read 5–10% of all the articles I come across fully (follow links, etc…) I don’t think I’m a special case, I haven’t read a C|Net article in six months and haven’t bought Wired in at least that long.
I’ve been following a few Flash blogs and quite a few of them have seen their stats spike because of the release of Flash 8 beta. This is what we’re moving towards, many sites, loads of content and popularity based on timing and context. Don’t particularily see a problem with that. Blogging will probably plateau, lose it’s “in” factor at some point and that will put some people off but sharing your thoughts is far too primal to ever die out.

]]> By: pieman http://gapingvoid.com/2005/07/21/welcome-to-the-flatlands/#comment-6937 pieman Thu, 21 Jul 2005 23:32:00 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1621#comment-6937 Incidentally Roger Eno recorded a beautiful album called The Flatlands. It sounds like how I imagine an English Cut suit would be like to wear. Incidentally Roger Eno recorded a beautiful album called The Flatlands. It sounds like how I imagine an English Cut suit would be like to wear.

]]> By: Is there a PC Doctor in the house? http://gapingvoid.com/2005/07/21/welcome-to-the-flatlands/#comment-6941 Is there a PC Doctor in the house? Thu, 21 Jul 2005 23:05:00 +0000 http://gapingvoid.com/?p=1621#comment-6941 <strong>A-List Linking</strong> Randy Charles Morin has just made an interesting post  on A-List linking. I think that the example of circular linking by A-Listers that Randy mentions has more to do with the blogs that the A-Listers read (that is, other A-Listers! ).HonorTag... A-List Linking

Randy Charles Morin has just made an interesting post  on A-List linking.
I think that the example of circular linking by A-Listers that Randy mentions has more to do with the blogs that the A-Listers read (that is, other A-Listers! ).HonorTag…

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