Comments on: And Tenement Halls http://www.prosaicshadesofgray.com/2004/10/04/and-tenement-halls/ The internet is a huge bathroom wall, and any halfwit with a keyboard and a connection has an opportunity to scrawl on it. Take me, for instance. My name is KZ. For a good time, come find me at Prosaic Shades of Gray. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:04:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Robert Urbanek http://www.prosaicshadesofgray.com/2004/10/04/and-tenement-halls/comment-page-1/#comment-619 Robert Urbanek Fri, 15 Oct 2004 02:48:53 +0000 http://www.prosaicshadesofgray.com/?p=194#comment-619 What does it take to get a blog noticed? Just word of mouth? Is there a difference between a personal column using a free or cheepie blog site and a more formal opinion website with a .com or .org URL? I have a "Blog" and two websites: www.al-qaeda-wins.blogspot.com www.sunkingjournal.com www.tonyahardingshotjfk.com The latter has received about 33,000 hits in three years but interest has lagged in recent months. What does it take to get a blog noticed? Just word of mouth? Is there a difference between a personal column using a free or cheepie blog site and a more formal opinion website with a .com or .org URL?

I have a “Blog” and two websites:

http://www.al-qaeda-wins.blogspot.com
http://www.sunkingjournal.com
http://www.tonyahardingshotjfk.com

The latter has received about 33,000 hits in three years but interest has lagged in recent months.

]]> By: Siona http://www.prosaicshadesofgray.com/2004/10/04/and-tenement-halls/comment-page-1/#comment-618 Siona Thu, 07 Oct 2004 15:46:05 +0000 http://www.prosaicshadesofgray.com/?p=194#comment-618 When I initially read your post, though, I was reminded of an article I read recently in the Mercury news. (I'm pretty sure it was an editorial; the writer had come strong views.) Essentially, it was argued that the recent spate of shoddy journalism (the biases, the news-twisting, the falsifications, the lies) was the result - in many ways - of blogging. Ridiculous, right? The author felt that bloggers, who wrote without any pretensions of objectivity, were leading the public to expect a subjective view point, and were causing people to read only that which they believed in. I thought this was pretty absurd: the greater amounts of blogs don't get read, and those that do, whilst influential, are hardly shaping the world of journalism. I do think it's important to have these independent news sources, but I do agree: the majority of the American public could care less. It's just too much information, in more ways than one. When I initially read your post, though, I was reminded of an article I read recently in the Mercury news. (I’m pretty sure it was an editorial; the writer had come strong views.) Essentially, it was argued that the recent spate of shoddy journalism (the biases, the news-twisting, the falsifications, the lies) was the result – in many ways – of blogging.

Ridiculous, right? The author felt that bloggers, who wrote without any pretensions of objectivity, were leading the public to expect a subjective view point, and were causing people to read only that which they believed in. I thought this was pretty absurd: the greater amounts of blogs don’t get read, and those that do, whilst influential, are hardly shaping the world of journalism. I do think it’s important to have these independent news sources, but I do agree: the majority of the American public could care less. It’s just too much information, in more ways than one.

]]> By: Siona http://www.prosaicshadesofgray.com/2004/10/04/and-tenement-halls/comment-page-1/#comment-617 Siona Thu, 07 Oct 2004 15:41:31 +0000 http://www.prosaicshadesofgray.com/?p=194#comment-617 I have a few things to say, although I'll first beg to differ with Diana. All blogs are not grand and important! If you need evidence of this, allow me to direct you to exhibit A: the 'next blog' box at the top of 'Prosaic Shades of Gray.' There are a disproportionate number of middle and high school teeny-poppers with penchants for using numeral instead of words and for swearing about their parents. It's depressing. I have a few things to say, although I’ll first beg to differ with Diana. All blogs are not grand and important! If you need evidence of this, allow me to direct you to exhibit A: the ‘next blog’ box at the top of ‘Prosaic Shades of Gray.’ There are a disproportionate number of middle and high school teeny-poppers with penchants for using numeral instead of words and for swearing about their parents. It’s depressing.

]]> By: Diana http://www.prosaicshadesofgray.com/2004/10/04/and-tenement-halls/comment-page-1/#comment-616 Diana Mon, 04 Oct 2004 07:44:53 +0000 http://www.prosaicshadesofgray.com/?p=194#comment-616 I believe everybody's blog is important. It shows the views and feelings of a person. Even if it doesnt always have to do with national issues and such, it shows you an entire life of someone else. So many people have such interesting lives and it's sorta like stepping into another world when you read someone else's blog. Political bloggers are important and all but so are the so-called "mundane" ones. But yeah, i don't think the media sees it the same way I do. But never think your blog is any less. All blogs are great and important! I believe everybody’s blog is important. It shows the views and feelings of a person. Even if it doesnt always have to do with national issues and such, it shows you an entire life of someone else. So many people have such interesting lives and it’s sorta like stepping into another world when you read someone else’s blog. Political bloggers are important and all but so are the so-called “mundane” ones. But yeah, i don’t think the media sees it the same way I do. But never think your blog is any less. All blogs are great and important!

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