Comments on: Trimming my Bloglines http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2005/04/11/trimming-my-bloglines/ because technology is just another ecosystem Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:35:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: sogrady http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2005/04/11/trimming-my-bloglines/comment-page-1/#comment-613 sogrady Wed, 13 Apr 2005 15:57:37 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/wp/?p=395#comment-613 well Richard, i think it largely depends on a couple of things: 1. how many people are on the blogroll 2. what your relationship is with the owner of the blogroll (i.e. is it someone you respect enough to find new sources through?) in the case of #1, with someone like me who lists everyone, i agree. the value of the blogroll is minimal. for people that selectively and explicitly publish a small blogroll, however, i think, or know actually, that it does make a big difference. in the case of #2, i think generally you're correct that people don't notice. but i have on more than a few occasions paged through someone i respect's blogroll and found a couple of new sources. so really it's a mixed bag. sometimes it matters, often it doesn't. but when it does matter, i think, it really matters. well Richard, i think it largely depends on a couple of things:

1. how many people are on the blogroll
2. what your relationship is with the owner of the blogroll (i.e. is it someone you respect enough to find new sources through?)

in the case of #1, with someone like me who lists everyone, i agree. the value of the blogroll is minimal. for people that selectively and explicitly publish a small blogroll, however, i think, or know actually, that it does make a big difference.

in the case of #2, i think generally you’re correct that people don’t notice. but i have on more than a few occasions paged through someone i respect’s blogroll and found a couple of new sources.

so really it’s a mixed bag. sometimes it matters, often it doesn’t. but when it does matter, i think, it really matters.

]]> By: Richard Veryard http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2005/04/11/trimming-my-bloglines/comment-page-1/#comment-612 Richard Veryard Wed, 13 Apr 2005 10:00:15 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/wp/?p=395#comment-612 Does anyone take any notice of blogrolls? I often discover new blogs when I follow a discussion back from a blog I'm already subscribed to, and sometimes I subscribe to them as well. But I ignore blogrolls because they just look like meaningless lists of cryptic names. And I can't see any point in publishing my blogroll either. I have lots of blogs I subscribe to, for various reasons. Some of them are good and insightful, and some of them are just there so I can get alerted to events. It's not particularly secret - if anyone wants to nose around Bloglines they can easily find my subscription list - but it doesn't mean anything. Does anyone take any notice of blogrolls? I often discover new blogs when I follow a discussion back from a blog I’m already subscribed to, and sometimes I subscribe to them as well. But I ignore blogrolls because they just look like meaningless lists of cryptic names.

And I can’t see any point in publishing my blogroll either. I have lots of blogs I subscribe to, for various reasons. Some of them are good and insightful, and some of them are just there so I can get alerted to events. It’s not particularly secret - if anyone wants to nose around Bloglines they can easily find my subscription list - but it doesn’t mean anything.

]]> By: James Governor http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2005/04/11/trimming-my-bloglines/comment-page-1/#comment-611 James Governor Mon, 11 Apr 2005 20:22:59 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/wp/?p=395#comment-611 i hope thats the blogroll *before* you cut down.... i hope thats the blogroll *before* you cut down….

]]> By: sogrady http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2005/04/11/trimming-my-bloglines/comment-page-1/#comment-610 sogrady Mon, 11 Apr 2005 20:11:38 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/wp/?p=395#comment-610 no, Steve G. got his link. the Jon Udell citation is to his blog. but, yes, bad news on the trackback but that's spam for you. no, Steve G. got his link. the Jon Udell citation is to his blog.

but, yes, bad news on the trackback but that’s spam for you.

]]> By: James Governor http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2005/04/11/trimming-my-bloglines/comment-page-1/#comment-609 James Governor Mon, 11 Apr 2005 20:07:40 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/wp/?p=395#comment-609 excellent. Steven doesn't like links so you don't give him one. super. it will have to be technorati then. REALLY bad news on pinging, though of course the spam is killing us excellent. Steven doesn’t like links so you don’t give him one. super. it will have to be technorati then.

REALLY bad news on pinging, though of course the spam is killing us

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