Comments on: The most influential bloggers are not the most important http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/01/15/the-most-influential-bloggers-are-not-the-most-important/ Not a real vee Mon, 23 Jan 2012 06:47:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Stuart Bruce http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/01/15/the-most-influential-bloggers-are-not-the-most-important/comment-page-1/#comment-49648 Stuart Bruce Thu, 18 Jan 2007 11:02:56 +0000 http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/01/15/the-most-influential-bloggers-are-not-the-most-important/#comment-49648 Good analysis. Guido isn't a typical blog and especially not a good example of a blog. PR Week is publishing an article in February and asked me for my views on 'most feared' blogs in different sectors. I did cite Guido as one to be feared in the public sector. It is it's lack of quality, ethics or any redeeming feature that makes it feared (although that's not a term I would use about it). Good analysis. Guido isn’t a typical blog and especially not a good example of a blog. PR Week is publishing an article in February and asked me for my views on ‘most feared’ blogs in different sectors. I did cite Guido as one to be feared in the public sector. It is it’s lack of quality, ethics or any redeeming feature that makes it feared (although that’s not a term I would use about it).

]]> By: Longrider http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/01/15/the-most-influential-bloggers-are-not-the-most-important/comment-page-1/#comment-49489 Longrider Wed, 17 Jan 2007 19:33:12 +0000 http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/01/15/the-most-influential-bloggers-are-not-the-most-important/#comment-49489 Like you I stopped reading Guido about a year ago and for the same reasons. His writing is dull and his content tedious. Tittle tattle is boring beyond measure. I don't have to boycott Guido, I have other things to do with my time than read him. Like you I stopped reading Guido about a year ago and for the same reasons. His writing is dull and his content tedious. Tittle tattle is boring beyond measure. I don’t have to boycott Guido, I have other things to do with my time than read him.

]]> By: 5tracks » Blog Archive » English Parliament http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/01/15/the-most-influential-bloggers-are-not-the-most-important/comment-page-1/#comment-49353 5tracks » Blog Archive » English Parliament Wed, 17 Jan 2007 09:28:53 +0000 http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/01/15/the-most-influential-bloggers-are-not-the-most-important/#comment-49353 [...] The reason for waiting is partly because I’m in two minds over it and not sure whether I like the idea or not, and partly because I was having fun reading the various opinions on the Tim Ireland Guido Fawkes post. [...] [...] The reason for waiting is partly because I’m in two minds over it and not sure whether I like the idea or not, and partly because I was having fun reading the various opinions on the Tim Ireland Guido Fawkes post. [...]

]]> By: Tim Worstall http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/01/15/the-most-influential-bloggers-are-not-the-most-important/comment-page-1/#comment-49108 Tim Worstall Tue, 16 Jan 2007 08:51:11 +0000 http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/01/15/the-most-influential-bloggers-are-not-the-most-important/#comment-49108 One tiny correction I'd like to make if I could: " …we don’t so much have a political “bloggerati”, more a bunch of people with media and political connections promoting each other… Iain Dale, Guido Fawkes, Tim Worstall the Recess Monkey This is what I meant when I said that the people who are influential in the blogosphere are the people who were already influential, or on their way to becoming influential anyway." Whatever media connections I have have come purely from the fact that I started blogging. Previous to my starting to share my prejudices with the universe my only connection with the newspaper industry was delivering the damn things. Now I will agree that I startd blogging because I wanted to make those sorts of contacts, wanted to get hired to write for pay, but blogging was the method by which I did so, not anything the other way round, my using already extant contacts to boost the blog. I've long been of the opinion that for those who wish to do so (and I agree that 99.9% of bloggers really could give a sh-t) running a blog that receives attention can be an alternative to the usual sorts of media internships. It's worked in a way for both Oliver Kamm and Peter Briffa and I'd hope that it will continue to do so for many others. But I just wanted to emphasise the point that with me it was the blog that came first, those paid writing gigs coming from editors (perhaps with a little badgering as well) who read it. One tiny correction I’d like to make if I could:

” …we don’t so much have a political “bloggerati”, more a bunch of people with media and political connections promoting each other… Iain Dale, Guido Fawkes, Tim Worstall the Recess Monkey

This is what I meant when I said that the people who are influential in the blogosphere are the people who were already influential, or on their way to becoming influential anyway.”

Whatever media connections I have have come purely from the fact that I started blogging. Previous to my starting to share my prejudices with the universe my only connection with the newspaper industry was delivering the damn things.

Now I will agree that I startd blogging because I wanted to make those sorts of contacts, wanted to get hired to write for pay, but blogging was the method by which I did so, not anything the other way round, my using already extant contacts to boost the blog.

I’ve long been of the opinion that for those who wish to do so (and I agree that 99.9% of bloggers really could give a sh-t) running a blog that receives attention can be an alternative to the usual sorts of media internships. It’s worked in a way for both Oliver Kamm and Peter Briffa and I’d hope that it will continue to do so for many others.

But I just wanted to emphasise the point that with me it was the blog that came first, those paid writing gigs coming from editors (perhaps with a little badgering as well) who read it.

]]> By: Colin Campbell http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/01/15/the-most-influential-bloggers-are-not-the-most-important/comment-page-1/#comment-48978 Colin Campbell Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:12:21 +0000 http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/01/15/the-most-influential-bloggers-are-not-the-most-important/#comment-48978 I have always found Guidos blog boring. There are so many more who cover this material in a better way. Thanks for pointing me at this post. Interesting reading. I have always found Guidos blog boring. There are so many more who cover this material in a better way. Thanks for pointing me at this post. Interesting reading.

]]> By: Tim Ireland http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/01/15/the-most-influential-bloggers-are-not-the-most-important/comment-page-1/#comment-48966 Tim Ireland Mon, 15 Jan 2007 20:09:47 +0000 http://doctorvee.co.uk/2007/01/15/the-most-influential-bloggers-are-not-the-most-important/#comment-48966 Their self-promoting circle is holding up so far... most alarmingly among those we wish to connect with the most. This is a growing community and perception does a lot to shape it. Just as an example; look at what some mainstream political/media players are calling 'blogs' these days (and getting away with it). Their self-promoting circle is holding up so far… most alarmingly among those we wish to connect with the most. This is a growing community and perception does a lot to shape it. Just as an example; look at what some mainstream political/media players are calling ‘blogs’ these days (and getting away with it).

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