tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19384577.post9102827898435115915..comments2024-03-20T19:23:09.857+02:00Comments on Notes from underground: The South Africa blogosphere, unravelledSteve Hayeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11283123400540587033noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19384577.post-8067877886208985162012-02-19T20:32:02.931+02:002012-02-19T20:32:02.931+02:00I agree that Amatomo's rankings are pretty mea...I agree that Amatomo's rankings are pretty meaningless. For example, Dion Forster's old blog has been consistently at number 3, though he hasn't updated it for ages, and ranks above his current blog, which he updates quite frequently. <br /><br />As for <i>Discerning the world</i>, I think it can be summed up in two sentences: <br /><br />"What does <i>Discerning the world</i> stand for?"<br /><br />"We won't stand for much, believe me."<br /><br />But yes, people have been blogging less and taking all sorts of things to Facebook for which Facebook is an unsuitable platform. But one of the reasons I think people are blogging less is that things like Technorati etc, that used to help sort the blogosphere, no longer work at all, or no longer serve that function. <br /><br />I find that if I announce a blog post on Facebook, people often comment on Faceboog rather than the on the blog. Two years later, the blog comments are still there with the article, but Facbook comments are impossible to find. For that reason alone, Facebook is not a vehicle for serious discussion, but only really for ephemera.Steve Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11283123400540587033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19384577.post-80021605841916731802012-02-19T19:23:50.760+02:002012-02-19T19:23:50.760+02:00Having been perusing Amatomu recently (it does see...Having been perusing Amatomu recently (it does seem to be working again), I've really been quite suspicious as to how accurate it is, both in terms of where it places my own blogs (ie the correlation between the traffic my blog, and even more that of The Way, gets and where it sits on the list doesn't make much sense, and it makes even less sense if I click on the Technorati rating) and those of others. Actually, I have even developed a slightly tongue in cheek suspicion that those running it may have an anti-Christian agenda in placing Discerning the World at the top - I mean, is it really possible that such an awful blog is so popular? And what worse advertisement could one possibly find for Christianity of whatever sort? (Okay, possibly Voices from Russia, but I digress...)<br /><br />I agree with Jenny's comment that people are blogging less and that it's sad. I don't think that it's just in SA, but I've recently been looking at some older conversations on some SA blogs and regretting that I missed out on them as nothing similar seems to be happening now. However, I'm also not doing much serious blogging, something that I hope may change, but that may be illusory...<br /><br />Having said that, I have recently encountered others (some of the better Orthodox bloggers elsewhere) wanting to move away from Facebook and get back to blogging and there seems a general acknowledgement, at least among some of us, that we have lost something.Macrina Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06212423889132994487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19384577.post-75501657085063531212012-02-18T16:53:15.787+02:002012-02-18T16:53:15.787+02:00Is it my imagination or are people blogging less? ...Is it my imagination or are people blogging less? I used to read only South African blogs, but they have one by one become inactive or irregularly updated. I think it's sad. If new ones are springing up, I don't know how to find them!Jenny Hillebrandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10799136212493192452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19384577.post-74697140396511021932012-02-18T16:22:07.320+02:002012-02-18T16:22:07.320+02:00Blogging is much much better than facebook. I agr...Blogging is much much better than facebook. I agree with you, it is difficult to find good blogs easily these days.CherryPiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11788084724907992076noreply@blogger.com