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Re: End of the Bloggies

Dean Esmay — Sat, 25 Jan 2003 00:09:58 -0000

I won a bloggie once. I encouraged my users to vote for me. Why not? Everyone did.

In retrospect, I feel quite foolish about it.

Re: End of the Bloggies

michele — Thu, 23 Jan 2003 22:05:21 -0000

Just for the record, my withdrawal from the bloggies had nothing to do with the fact that people I like were excluded, etc. It's a big blog world out there - not everyone you like is going to get in.

My problem lies with the fact that there was cheating involved. Blatant cheating. Even though I was not one of the DFW bloggers that got in to the finals because of the cheating, I still felt that I wanted no part of all the backbiting and name calling and mud throwing.

Re: End of the Bloggies

xian — Thu, 23 Jan 2003 20:25:44 -0000

Awards are lame. I like to get awards. People are mean. Mean people suck. Does Rebecca like to be called Becky or is that just a creepy way of demeaning her?

You know what might help resolve this outrage? Stamping your little foot.

Re: End of the Bloggies

robyn — Thu, 23 Jan 2003 20:21:28 -0000

Don't even get me started on shelling out hard-earned cash on that green thing. I had to for research, and I've had magazine inserts with more useful and better written information. I picked it apart on my own site as I went through it...

Re: End of the Bloggies

Richard Bennett — Thu, 23 Jan 2003 18:47:12 -0000

I'll betcha five bucks, Anil, that if Becky Blood wins a Bloggie her publisher will tout in the ads for her dreadful book, and unwitting consumers will shell out hard-earned cash on that basis. One or two, anyhow.

So we're talking about consumer fraud, in a manner of speaking.

Re: End of the Bloggies

Oliver — Thu, 23 Jan 2003 17:56:55 -0000

While I think the awards were kinda crappy, Matt Haughey created Metafilter, which qualifies him for lifetime award status in my book.

Re: End of the Bloggies

Anil Dash — Thu, 23 Jan 2003 17:17:12 -0000

I find it astonishing that adults can get their panties in a wad over an award that was made up by a high school kid. Who freaking cares?

Re: End of the Bloggies

Lonewacko — Thu, 23 Jan 2003 08:32:35 -0000

"Remember back when people were talking for a week or so about putting together some sort of Sept. 11-related blog book?"

Oh boy do I! Why, it ranks right up there in my memory with the Wil Wheaton Fiasco, or l'Affaire Instapundit. I've actually met real, meatspace people who've heard about it! OMG!

Re: End of the Bloggies

Matt Welch — Thu, 23 Jan 2003 07:06:49 -0000

Wow. Remember back when people were talking for a week or so about putting together some sort of Sept. 11-related blog book? The script kiddies went apeshit about being blackballed, when, in fact, everyone involved bent over backwards to play nice & inclusive. Click-cliques sure are funny.

Re: End of the Bloggies

pb — Thu, 23 Jan 2003 05:58:49 -0000

"Judges themselves have stepped forward to say they got together with other judges to decide on who in their circle should win."

Horrors!!

Re: End of the Bloggies

Angel — Wed, 22 Jan 2003 21:11:24 -0000

Actually, sir:

*I* was on the panel for the Bloggies, and instapundit was listed in a few categories and I even selected it for two different categories as well.

However, NOT ONLY was instapundit excluded from the finals, but almost every other choice I made from the BIG LIST (here) for the finals was excluded as well, with the exception of Scriptygoddess, and I *think* one other, although I am now too confused to remember the other ones I selected.

Eh, whatever.

Good post!