Comments on: On Linking and Blogrolls

By: Rachel Ann

Rachel Ann — Tue, 10 May 2005 06:37:37 +0000

I often use blogrolls to find new blogs I haven’t tried before. I don’t care about the “popularity” of a particular blog as some of the best blogs I have read are “flippery fish” and some of the “large mammals” well, I’ve wondered why.
But checking out blogrolls is fun; simply because it isn’t someone the “host” has read in awhile doesn’t mean it isn’t someone I wouldn’t want to read.
In fact by limiting one’s connection to someone quoted, one limits one’s access to varied blogs.
This is of course one’s personal decision; but wouldn’t it be better to simply ignore the “popularity” factor in terms of who one quotes or referrs to or blogrolls, or for that matter, the blogs one chooses to comment on?
I don’t get to everyone on my blogroll all the time; there are people I’m more likely to read and less. Yet several times I’ve “ignored” someone’s blog for a period of time, only to return to it and find something I do quote or refer to.
Everyone on my blogroll is there because at one point or time I’ve read something that has struck my interest, and while I may not agree with their stand on many issues, they have made me think. I hope by blogrolling them that others will find their words make them think as well, whether they agree or disagree with the poster.

By: Pax Nortona - A Blog by Joel Sax

Pax Nortona - A Blog by Joel Sax — Tue, 10 May 2005 01:34:42 +0000

White Male and Accepting It

I am sick of seeing what I am supposed to be defined by those who are angry with the Dave Weiners of this world and by the Dave Weiners themselves.

By: AKMA’s Random Thoughts

AKMA’s Random Thoughts — Tue, 10 May 2005 00:43:53 +0000

Blogrolls, Lists, Bookmarks, and So On

While I’ve been concentrating on other obligations, various ructions have caught fire concerning links and ranking. I haven’t wrestled with this topic before, but sooner or later I may as well step in it. So, relative to blogrolls, I’…

By: Richard Evans Lee

Richard Evans Lee — Sun, 08 May 2005 12:04:37 +0000

I’ve never had a blogroll because my sidebars are too crowded as it is.

One some of my sites I have a links category and write up weblogs there. Most of the weblogs aren’t ones that I read but I think they match the tastes, interests of many of the people who visit that particular site of mine.

By: scribblingwoman

scribblingwoman — Sun, 08 May 2005 07:04:17 +0000

Wailing and knashing of blogrolls

In case you’ve missed it, there is a controversy bubbling about the inequities of blog rankings, focusing on Technorati, the…

By: Wordlackey

Wordlackey — Sun, 08 May 2005 04:52:26 +0000

I hadn't heard before of cutting out blogrolls entirely. However, a few days ago, independent of this idea, I wrote some about limiting my blogrolls to current favorites. I find long blogrolls quite mindnumbing. My eyes just glaze over. I'm not really ready to take the plunge you have in eliminating the blogroll entirely because I don't regularly post about things I read on other blogs. But, hey, I applaud your action. It makes good sense to me.

By: dadahead

dadahead — Sat, 07 May 2005 02:26:14 +0000

Don’t kill the messenger

I’ve got yet another alternate solution for the anti-Ecosystem, anti-blogroll folks: Get over yourselves. Don’t launch hysterical attacks on people for being popular or on those who document their popularity (NZ Bear). Look, the reason Instapundit su…

By: Something Requisitely Witty and Urbane

Something Requisitely Witty and Urbane — Fri, 06 May 2005 20:47:21 +0000

On “To blogroll or not to blogroll”

There is, I think, a fairly interesting discussion going on about the merits of the blogroll. It started, as best I can tell, with Burningbird’s post, who mourns the lost opportunity to really explore the diversity of the blogosphere during

By: pig

pig — Fri, 06 May 2005 20:37:50 +0000

I want to remember, through this process, something Lauren did once. She wrote a post offering *anyone* who considered herself/himself a feminist to be included in her blogroll simply by asking for the inclusion. I’ve been blogging for about nine months now and she’s the only person I’ve seen do that. Fantastic writer with substantial things to say and a huge multiple of the traffic I’ll ever see – and she just handed me this link for the asking. It remained for several months, and even though it’s gone now it was a generous and appreciated gift. The fact that she’s doing things differently now, for more than one well thought out reason (whether or not we agree with her reasons) is something I would have hoped we (ok- some of us) could receive with a little more understanding, with a little tempering via the memory of some of the kind things she’s done for us other feminist bloggers.

By: mina

mina — Fri, 06 May 2005 19:12:54 +0000

oh, do reconsider. you know, i first came to your site through the blogroll of bitch phd, another feminist blogger. if it weren’t for feminist blogrolls, i wouldn’t ever have found this, and many, many, other worthy sites.