Comments on: Is Scottish Roundup sexist?

By: doctorvee

doctorvee — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 00:35:31 +0000

I would see your point about using photos from Flickr, although the equivalent example for blogging would be if I wanted to take the entire contents of your post and use it for something. It’s different with linking. I must have had my stuff linked to thousands of times, and I’ve even had my words quoted in newspapers and I’ve never once been asked permission. I suppose it falls under “fair use”.

As for your other point, we have no set aims or ulterior motives. The only ‘point’ of Scottish Roundup is to try and highlight the best blogging every week. As such, I think a focus would be unnecessarily limiting.

Last week we were being told by Slutty McWhore that Scottish Roundup wasn’t broad enough in what it covered. Now we’re being told that it does not have enough focus. Perhaps this means we’ve hit a happy medium.

By: Ontheoutsidelookingin

Ontheoutsidelookingin — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 23:55:50 +0000

Not an aggregator, no, but similar in many senses: groups links from a small set of sources into one main feed of data. I’d have been happier to have been asked first, is all. It’s always nice to be asked by people on, say, Flickr when they’d like to use my photos, even if the photo in question is clearly under a nice open license. You may, of course, use my posts in future, though I’m still unclear of how useful they are to most.

At any rate, I cannot avoid being facetious: How can a site without a set topic possibly aim to be a meaningful roundup? It might be an interesting thought experiment. Focus is never a bad thing.

By: doctorvee

doctorvee — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 15:06:28 +0000

I’m not sure I follow you. Scottish Roundup isn’t an aggregator and it doesn’t have a set topic. I am guessing you don’t want to be featured in future though, which is your choice. I’ve taken note.

By: Ontheoutsidelookingin

Ontheoutsidelookingin — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 10:29:23 +0000

I only suggest courtesy because the nicest aggregators I’ve ever seen have worked on an opt-in basis, not an opt-out. They seem to naturally tend toward the topic of their choice this way.

By: doctorvee

doctorvee — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 00:55:50 +0000

I’ve never heard of this courtesy whereby you have to ask people before linking (after all, what would the web be without links?). If you would rather we didn’t feature your site, you just have to say so and I’ll remove the links.

By: Ontheoutsidelookingin

Ontheoutsidelookingin — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 23:47:28 +0000

My comment was one of surprise mostly because I had not been asked. And while there’s certainly no requirement to ask somebody before linking to them, it’s often a common courtesy especially if you’re attempting to drive traffic to your site rather than further discussion on one particular topic. (It is impossible to further discussion on one particular topic if there is no topic to discuss, which seems to be the case that you’re making above.)

My blog posts are generally off-the-cuff, written very quickly, and mostly for my own benefit. They’re largely opinion on stupid, pointless matters, and of little interest to anybody else. It’s in this light that I’m not necessarily comfortable being included in a “roundup” as any sort of interesting or informative source on any topic I’m likely to ever blog about on my site.

It’s with that latter point in mind that I asked “why am I on this list?”; my posts are not technically brilliant, filled with insight, or a distillation of useful knowledge of benefit to the people.

By: Angry Steve

Angry Steve — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 20:25:01 +0000

Errr, yeah, I like the roundup mostly because it provides me with some like minded angry people, and also some targets for anger. Whether they be male, female or aardvarks makes no difference. Keep up the good work. And if some people don’t like it… Well, you can imagine what my thoughts are…

By: doctorvee

doctorvee — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 15:09:15 +0000

Thanks for commenting 1st Lady, and welcome!

By: 1st Lady.

1st Lady. — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 13:40:03 +0000

Glad to have found this site, the cherry on the top was to see Edinburgh mentioned. Interesting subject. as just this week, whilst searching online for chatty Scottish blogs, (ones I can enjoy with a morning coffee), I came to the realisation that they’re all political, well, the ones I found. This was just a general feeling as obviously there is a good mix out there… somewhere.

I agree with the above comments, you can do and mention what and who you want with Scottish Roundup, it’s your site. As a personal blogger, I also agree with Sarah and cannot see personal blogs, mainly written by women, fitting into a general roundup site, if we do, then we’re like the back comic section of a popular newspaper with loyal followers that know where to find us. I, If only Garfield could reach page 2 of the Washington Post before the General Election.

Nice interesting blog by the way.

By: Devil's Kitchen

Devil's Kitchen — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 17:52:04 +0000

What Longrider said. Good post, Vee…