Comments for How Very Meta http://howverymeta.wordpress.com Adventures in blog research... Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:14:25 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on The real reason why no one reads your (my) blog. by John http://howverymeta.wordpress.com/2007/03/01/the-real-reason-why-no-one-reads-your-my-blog/#comment-1814 John Mon, 26 Oct 2009 02:14:25 +0000 http://howverymeta.wordpress.com/2007/03/01/the-real-reason-why-no-one-reads-your-my-blog/#comment-1814 People will read your blog if you write stuff that a certain kind likes to read on a regular basis, tell that kind of people about your blog in a way that isn't nagging, and update your blog regularly. People will read your blog if you write stuff that a certain kind likes to read on a regular basis, tell that kind of people about your blog in a way that isn’t nagging, and update your blog regularly.

]]> Comment on Are blogs obsolete? by VatulBlog: Incoherence http://howverymeta.wordpress.com/2008/12/05/are-blogs-obsolete/#comment-1812 VatulBlog: Incoherence Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:41:10 +0000 http://howverymeta.wordpress.com/?p=111#comment-1812 [...] written word, discovery through exposition and communication.  Sarah M Ford sums it up nicely in Are Blogs Obsolete? Does this mean that blogs are obsolete, as Boutin would have us believe?  That if you have [...] [...] written word, discovery through exposition and communication.  Sarah M Ford sums it up nicely in Are Blogs Obsolete? Does this mean that blogs are obsolete, as Boutin would have us believe?  That if you have [...]

]]> Comment on Bio by We’re all just rats in a maze « Now or never http://howverymeta.wordpress.com/bio/#comment-1805 We’re all just rats in a maze « Now or never Tue, 18 Aug 2009 20:14:14 +0000 http://howverymeta.wordpress.com/bio/#comment-1805 [...] Well, bloggers in the maze that is the internet, anyway. I agreed some time ago to participate in a doctoral student’s study on blogging, privacy, and identity. She had me fill out a survey and then harvested [...] [...] Well, bloggers in the maze that is the internet, anyway. I agreed some time ago to participate in a doctoral student’s study on blogging, privacy, and identity. She had me fill out a survey and then harvested [...]

]]> Comment on October needs to come, and fast! by Sarah http://howverymeta.wordpress.com/2009/04/17/october-needs-to-come-and-fast/#comment-1779 Sarah Sat, 18 Apr 2009 14:40:47 +0000 http://howverymeta.wordpress.com/?p=128#comment-1779 (It's Facebook.) (It’s Facebook.)

]]> Comment on The possible demise of Livejournal and what it means to me… by Sarah http://howverymeta.wordpress.com/2009/01/07/the-possible-demise-of-livejournal-and-what-it-means-to-me/#comment-1735 Sarah Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:29:09 +0000 http://howverymeta.wordpress.com/?p=120#comment-1735 I have used SiteSucker in the past, and yesterday I used the LJ Migrate tool described <a href="http://antennapedia.livejournal.com/266462.html" rel="nofollow">here</a> on my own. I know PC users have been using <a href="http://fawx.com/software/ljarchive/" rel="nofollow">LJArchive</a> with good results. A lot of people seem to be preparing to migrate to <a href="http://www.insanejournal.com/" rel="nofollow">InsaneJournal</a> - it has many of the same content controls & features and it's where the fandom community has migrated in the past when they have had conflict with LJ over questionable content. I can't very well dictate where people relocate their personal blogs just for the sake of my research, so IF LJ goes under, I will either follow folks or I will call the amount of data I have good. I really WANT 6 months of observational data, but I could make it work with three if push came to shove. I have used SiteSucker in the past, and yesterday I used the LJ Migrate tool described here on my own. I know PC users have been using LJArchive with good results.

A lot of people seem to be preparing to migrate to InsaneJournal – it has many of the same content controls & features and it’s where the fandom community has migrated in the past when they have had conflict with LJ over questionable content.

I can’t very well dictate where people relocate their personal blogs just for the sake of my research, so IF LJ goes under, I will either follow folks or I will call the amount of data I have good. I really WANT 6 months of observational data, but I could make it work with three if push came to shove.

]]> Comment on The possible demise of Livejournal and what it means to me… by David Brake http://howverymeta.wordpress.com/2009/01/07/the-possible-demise-of-livejournal-and-what-it-means-to-me/#comment-1734 David Brake Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:00:28 +0000 http://howverymeta.wordpress.com/?p=120#comment-1734 There is no indication yet that LJ is shutting down rather than just slimming down but just in case... What's the easiest way to archive my existing postings? And I wouldn't worry too much - three months worth of data sounds like it could be enough. PS Since LJ is open source aren't there some open source LJ-equivalents you could move to? I suppose you'd need everyone you know to migrate there too... There is no indication yet that LJ is shutting down rather than just slimming down but just in case… What’s the easiest way to archive my existing postings?

And I wouldn’t worry too much – three months worth of data sounds like it could be enough.

PS Since LJ is open source aren’t there some open source LJ-equivalents you could move to? I suppose you’d need everyone you know to migrate there too…

]]> Comment on Are blogs obsolete? by dougist http://howverymeta.wordpress.com/2008/12/05/are-blogs-obsolete/#comment-1732 dougist Sun, 07 Dec 2008 14:51:12 +0000 http://howverymeta.wordpress.com/?p=111#comment-1732 There must be a technical term for this kind of discussion, but the best I can come up with is “block that metaphor!” On a basic technical level blogs, twitter, facebook, web pages... are all the same. They are some mark up language showing text an images across a network (that, and a few thousand details) Having just started spending time on Facebook (I know, late to the party) was surprised that my first reaction was “this a web sphere in side the web sphere, nothing more” in other words, using the terms of Strategic Marketing for a second, it was the same product repositioned. Taking my argument a bit further the New York Times, Wired, MSN and Yahoo (content only not the apps or search functions) are all the same as well. The issue is one of extensibility or its opposite, shrink-ability. On a web page one guy in Des Moines can do essential the same thing as the LA TImes - of course only until he reached the physical limitations of his signal corporal body and collapses (strong coffee only gets you so far) I’m sure you’ve listened to al the web chatter about the new thing being “Magazine Format Blogs”. Wordpress themes applied to the same content mystically transforms it into something new. From an anthropological/ethnographic perspective I think it would be worth a conversation or two with some of your colleagues over in the Linguistics department and get their take on what happens when you call the same thing by a different name. Doug www.dougist.com There must be a technical term for this kind of discussion, but the best I can come up with is “block that metaphor!”

On a basic technical level blogs, twitter, facebook, web pages… are all the same. They are some mark up language showing text an images across a network (that, and a few thousand details)

Having just started spending time on Facebook (I know, late to the party) was surprised that my first reaction was “this a web sphere in side the web sphere, nothing more” in other words, using the terms of Strategic Marketing for a second, it was the same product repositioned.

Taking my argument a bit further the New York Times, Wired, MSN and Yahoo (content only not the apps or search functions) are all the same as well. The issue is one of extensibility or its opposite, shrink-ability. On a web page one guy in Des Moines can do essential the same thing as the LA TImes – of course only until he reached the physical limitations of his signal corporal body and collapses (strong coffee only gets you so far)

I’m sure you’ve listened to al the web chatter about the new thing being “Magazine Format Blogs”. WordPress themes applied to the same content mystically transforms it into something new.

From an anthropological/ethnographic perspective I think it would be worth a conversation or two with some of your colleagues over in the Linguistics department and get their take on what happens when you call the same thing by a different name.

Doug
http://www.dougist.com

]]> Comment on Workflow… by dougist http://howverymeta.wordpress.com/2008/12/02/workflow/#comment-1731 dougist Sun, 07 Dec 2008 14:14:51 +0000 http://howverymeta.wordpress.com/?p=106#comment-1731 Dragging a Safari URL to the Journler icon will also make a Web Archive which I would think would be more useful for reference than a link and/or text (?) Doug www.dougist.com Dragging a Safari URL to the Journler icon will also make a Web Archive which I would think would be more useful for reference than a link and/or text (?)

Doug
http://www.dougist.com

]]> Comment on The real reason why no one reads your (my) blog. by asdf http://howverymeta.wordpress.com/2007/03/01/the-real-reason-why-no-one-reads-your-my-blog/#comment-1726 asdf Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:48:20 +0000 http://howverymeta.wordpress.com/2007/03/01/the-real-reason-why-no-one-reads-your-my-blog/#comment-1726 What maths skills? You are assuming the categories are statistically independent, which they are clearly not. The 16% of the world's population that have internet access are all likely to be literate. A significant proportion can read english, a lot higher than 20%. And each blog visiter can read more than one blog. What maths skills?

You are assuming the categories are statistically independent, which they are clearly not.

The 16% of the world’s population that have internet access are all likely to be literate. A significant proportion can read english, a lot higher than 20%. And each blog visiter can read more than one blog.

]]> Comment on Blogging & Voyeurism by David Brake http://howverymeta.wordpress.com/2008/07/03/blogging-voyeurism/#comment-1724 David Brake Sat, 12 Jul 2008 14:33:08 +0000 http://howverymeta.wordpress.com/2008/07/03/blogging-voyeurism/#comment-1724 IMHO it's not that bloggers see each other as equals - it's that they see the unknown reader as a) like themselves b) interested in them as people and c) benign (probably also as equals but that's not the main characteristic). IMHO it’s not that bloggers see each other as equals – it’s that they see the unknown reader as a) like themselves b) interested in them as people and c) benign (probably also as equals but that’s not the main characteristic).

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