It seems this should be a post of substance then...Well, in looking back, I found a bit of a loose end with our Sez You discussion. Thanks to all of you for participating. And Jitendra from SezWho checked in as well. If you haven't read that comment, here it is:
The point of SezWho really is two fold:I was really pleased to hear from the good people at SezWho and felt it was worth doing a post just on this and I thought I would respond to Jitendra's question (and give you the same opportunity).
1. Provide context on interactions
2. Provide a community based mechanism so that we can identify most sensible conversations etc. Not the what sensible means changes with context that is why it really helps to hear from the people participating in the conversations.
There is actually no need to get rated. In fact, high reputation users would start with a high default score.
So the idea is that on the internet when anybody can participate anywhere, isn't it good to identify who the good users are and get some context on them so that you can learn some interesting new things from them?
What do you think?
In the world of positive and negative, I always aim for the positive. I do not like to write ill of others or dwell to long on the unpleasant. Sometimes one must bring a little negative to light to deal with it, but the art is in turning it into something positive (like the Cumberland County animal shelter stuff).
What I have found since blogging is that not everyone appreciates Cats. I have read some deplorable things pertaining to cats, our blogging, and even cat art. It upsets me, but I haven't really brought it to light because I don't want to spread the negativity. Instead I ignore it and make a mental note not to visit that blogger again.
So, with that said, I do not necessarily trust the masses and other people to determine what good content is or is not. There are too many popularity contest out there in the blogisphere, and I fear SezWho may be affected by such things. This is why I do not plan to implement it on my blogs. I appreciate other people's opinions, but I unless it is someone I know to be a kindred spirit, I tend to consider the opinion, but not make discussions based on them. I have loved many movies the critics have hated. I have loved books that are never considered for the Best Seller list. I have enjoyed food that other cat's deem inedible...
However, I suspect other's may find the SezWho service valuable and insightful. I am not anti- SezWho. Maybe it will help eliminate the unthoughtful and immature comments and postings...But, I love tripping along the entrecard path and seeing where it will lead. I have read some amazing posts and the talent out there is inspirational. I have made many friends this way and find that I am happy enough, at the moment, with this.
How about you?
4 comments:
Congratulations on your 100th post! You have some good thoughts on SezWho.
I agree wholeheartedly! I also have removed SezWho. It wasn't for me. I prefer to just blog and read blogs, making my own mind up. If my blog gets popular, it will be on it's own merits, and determined by whether I make top grade comments. We don't always have the time for that. A lot of the blogs I read are not the sort that require deep, meaningful comments.
Congratulations on your 100th post! We agree with what you've said - especially about finding the new blogs through Entrecard. That's our favorite part of the whole thing.
Whoo! Hooo! 100 Posts! That is wonderful and Congratulations to you! We agree with you about SezWho! We love finding new bloggers and cool sites, but Babs is right sometimes the comments don't have to be deep just fun! Thanks for the post.
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