Is It Me Or Are Bloggers Snobs?

Technorati has been acting a bit on the odds the last month or so and I’ve been getting really weird incoming links at random.  Yesterday, I got this one, which I had to search the whole page to find the reference to my own website which was last Fall sometime.

Looking back at that, I vaguely recall the whole affair.  There was a whole uproar in the blogsphere about “The A-List” which I didn’t get and I still don’t get.  In fact, I still haven’t figured out what the “A-List” is and who’s on it.  In fact, shortly after writing the post refered to in their post, I kind of forgot about “The A-List” because it was a bit too much like high school and cliquish to me.  What I think I got out of it was that it isn’t who you know or who knows you but who links to you and who acknowledges to you and who refers to you.

The strange timing of this is that recently I’ve started trying to be more active out in the blogsphere.  I’ve tried to start joining in on “conversations” on other blogs, but what I’ve started to notice is that you can’t just jump into a conversation even a virtual one on the web.  Apparently, that’s just like real life.

It’s a little bit like high school too.  I feel like I’ve just contributed to the conversation and rather than have anyone respond or agree or disagree, for the most part, I feel ignored or “unheard”, just another face in the crowd.

Maybe I’m just expecting too much or flashing back to high school insecurities.

tags: blogs, anxiety, hopeless, paranoia

2 comments

1. on March 18, 2006 at 11:24 am

   Big Dog said:

   You may jump into any of the strings or comments or anything at my place. Hell, what is open exchange without access? Seems it would be closed….

2. on March 19, 2006 at 9:29 am

   n. mallory said:

   Thank you. I know I’m welcome at your blog, just as you’re welcome at mine. I always try to join in when I feel I have something to contribute other than “I know you are but what am I.” :p

   I find it interesting that it’s the more popular liberal blogs that seem a bit clique-like.

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