Comments on: Alpha Blogger. Who, Me?

By: Secondhand Karl

Secondhand Karl — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 03:04:11 +0000

Bec – Awww, you’re too kind. And yeah, I can’t follow a blogger who won’t make time for me. heh.

By: Bec

Bec — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:48:09 +0000

In this corner of the Blogosphere you are definitely one of the shining stars.

I, too, have tried reading some of the Alpha’s you listed and just couldn’t keep up… and commenting? Hell no. Naked in front of class type feelings.

By: Secondhand Karl

Secondhand Karl — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:56:52 +0000

Martymankins – Yeah, Alpha would be way too much work.

By: martymankins

martymankins — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 22:02:30 +0000

2HBlogger is a nice title for you. Going Alpha has a lot of responsibilities with it. With more traffic, you get more assholes and dipshits that want to always piss on your parade.

By: Secondhand Karl

Secondhand Karl — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:20:11 +0000

Busy Mom – Epsilon Blogger…heh.

Karen – I think we want to stay clear of the FaceKarl. As we both know, that is too close to a particular phrase that I’m not at all comfortable with.

Sybil Law – Awwww. A great blogger? Well, I try, that’s all I can say. Stats are really tools but shouldn’t be obsessed over.

Jamie – Thanks. I agree, if someone I read seemed to be “above” me and/or out of touch with the people, I’d drop them in a heartbeat.

Blue – Gotcha. No chickens.

Catherine – If I got hundreds of comments a day, I’d have to rethink my position on answering every comment individually. But that doesn’t seem likely to happen.

By: Catherine

Catherine — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:51:37 +0000

Oops, screwed up, srry (I couldn’t figure out why some of the text in my comment above look BOLD, but it was because I was editing it, I guess).

By: Catherine

Catherine — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:48:09 +0000

I wouldn’t want to be so high on the scale that any one reader felt out of touch with me, or that commenting (or putting thought and effort into a comment) would feel or be pointless, thinking what if the author never even sees it, so lost in a vast sea of other comments is theirs. Like fan mail. No kid worth his salt ever let himself with complete certainty believe that a famous person would really ever read his wee note.

Personal online journals are good for connection with others; the point at which that sense fizzles out for me is the point at which I lose interest, with rare exception.

By: blue

blue — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:57:27 +0000

uhhh…NO…flightless birds are unnecessary at this juncture…I’ll get back to you though–you know–if things change.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:13:40 +0000

Let me see, I found you through Miss Britt. I find you funny and amusing, so I keep coming back. I click on the names (those with links at least) for the commenters of my fav blogs and then if I like what I’m reading, I save it to my favs and I keep coming back. Alpha Blogger? Um, I’m sorry Karl, but you seem more small potatoes to me. Well, bigger potatoes than I am personally, but definately no big kahuna. How about rose bush? I’m a small potato, you are a rose bush. Folks like Pioneer woman ( http://thepioneerwoman.com ) are big kahunas. She gets 1000’s of comments a day, and I’m sure many many more who just read, like myself, and don’t comment every day. When she has a contest, her comments go from about 1000 or so and sky rocket to at least 5 or 6 thousand. That’s Alpha Blogger to me. I don’t even have ads on my blog. I’d like some, I’m thinking about it. I highly doubt I’d get enough hits to make them pay anything, unless it accumulated over months. But I digress. You don’t need to be an “Alpha Blogger” to keep the folks coming over and reading. And I don’t think you are elitist at all. If I did, I wouldn’t be reading you.

By: Sybil Law

Sybil Law — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:48:49 +0000

I consider you, and others you mentioned, GREAT bloggers, period. There’s a reason you (and they) are so popular, so if that translates into being an Alpha blogger, then, yes – you are.
Is it weird that I like never, ever look into any stats on my blog?! It would probably depress me!