Comments on: Blog About Boring Stuff

By: Kevin Aylward

Kevin Aylward — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Or, like Seinfeld, your blog can be about nothing. The more I think about it the more I think blogs are probably like sitcoms. Uh got to go think this one through and post on it.

By: Kate

Kate — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

What I don't get is his fixation with Wonkette. I can barely stand her. Maybe that's the problem. The first couple of things I read were juvenile, flippant, and misguidedly snarky, and I've never gone back.

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Wonkette is a cute little site, I guess, and she's a full-time blogger. But she's been up less than a month and has had more visitors than I've had since I started. I don't get it.

By: Jay Solo

Jay Solo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Yeah, I have gone and looked at this Wonkette that appeared out of the blue as a steadily instalinked site and wondered what I wasn't "getting" that made it worthy of attention.

By: 42nd SSD

42nd SSD — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

James, if you changed your name to "Jane" you'd be halfway there already. Sex sells, and the Internet is full of... desperately horny geeks. ;)

By: King of Fools

King of Fools — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Of course, you would have to change your blog name to "Beltway-ette" also for that to work.

I too am not into Wonkette. Nice site design, but I read for content.

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

WHEW- I'm glad it was not just me on Wonkette.

I keep going back trying to figure out what I was missing.

I just figured I was not smart enough to see the attraction.

Glad to know I'm not alone.

By: RicK DeMent

RicK DeMent — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Interesting, but I'm curious I wound what would happen if Glenn, or any of the other top bloggers, changed their names and started from scratch? Would Glenn be able to repeat his fairly significant success? My bet would be that good bloggers would attract a lot of attention regardless but to get to the stratospheric levels it takes a bit of timing and luck, sort of like any thing else in the âentertainmentâ industry.

By: Jalal Abu Jarhead

Jalal Abu Jarhead — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

I read Wonkette for a while when she first came out, but I don't go there much any more. I think the main reason is because there's not much "meat" there. She covers many of the same things that are blogged elsewhere, but without saying much about it, and I've never seen her present much of a rationale to support any of her views. So in the end, it doesn't seem to me that she adds much, if anything, to any discussion. Unless, of course, your primary concern in life is what's going on with Jenny.8., or whatever the hell her name is.

By: Moe Lane

Moe Lane — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

"Wonkette is a cute little site, I guess, and she's a full-time blogger. But she's been up less than a month and has had more visitors than I've had since I started. I don't get it." She's either the flavor of the month or lucky enough to find just the right niche at the right moment. If I knew how she does it I would've done it for my own site. Then again, I read her daily myself, so I'm probably one of the people that others here are shaking their heads at: take that as you will. Moe PS: Besides, anybody who can make Rittenhouse Review piss and moan can't be all that bad. :)

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Question for all you blog owners.

Can her numbers be rigged?

There is a disconnect when almost everyone says they don't like her but she has incredible numbers.

(wondering not implying) Is it possible the numbers are rigged and thereby it is self-created buzz?

By: Little Miss Attila

Little Miss Attila — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Hm.On the one hand, I've never been there, but have seen her links all over.

OTOH, there is something sexy about a combination of "wonk" and the dimunitive.

Have I ever mentioned that I sport a pair of double-Ds?

I'm just sayin'.

--Little Miss Attila (part-time blogger, full-time asshole)

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