Well, it turns out Jules Crittenden proved me right. He notes that the Weblog Awards are corrupt in his post, "Best Individual Blog 2008 Finalist":
Very flattering, and thanks are in order to those of you who kindly nominated this site. However ...By no means do I begrudge folks who have fun with these contests. In this case though, the deck is stacked against objectivity and fairness. Of course, some of the genuinely top blogs are nominated and win, but there's also a lot of no-name blogs listed as best blogs at the list, so these competitions do seem kind of silly.
... since losing to a site several years ago (that got a major assist from the DU and various GLBT sites, which is fine, but) that did not in fact meet the contest criteria of “new blog,” having existed six months ahead of the cutoff; and being informed by the awards organizer that the rules violation didn’t seem worth upsetting the applecart over, though another contestant had been ousted earlier over some unknown party’s electronic interference; I decided popularity contests that ignore their own rules are not worth participating in. Particularly when there is no money involved. I encourage you not to vote for me, or anyone else. If anyone knows of any popularity contests that do follow their own rules, please don’t nominate me there either, unless there is a big money prize, in which case I’m in.
I guess the sidebar widget is pretty impressive to readers, so what can you do?
4 comments:
You should make an award up and give it to yourself. I hear what you're saying, "self-horn-tooting" is kind of a drag. I don't go in for it anymore...I practically don't go in for my blogging much anymore either, but I seem to be getting a little more interested in it these days...though with little to actually say.
An award is not as important as knowing that people are reading what we write about. So, I am with you on that. It is interesting to go to the link and see what made the cut. Some are blogs that I read and even get info from. That is the great aspect about blogging. Being able to access so much info and get it out to the people that read our blogs. Hope that you have a Happy New Year!
"He that tooteth not his own horn, the same shall not be tooteth."
~John L. Lewis~
Donald..personally I just don't see you as the type of person who would ever toot his own horn..and why should you?
Your blog speaks for its self.
'Nuff said.
The person who gains the most respect, truly educates the most people, and wields the best influence "wins"... because it's a "win win". The readers, the culture, and the society wins when truth and sound principles and values are defended and advanced by virtue of educational posts that change people's understanding, motivate, and inspire them to the good.
I didn't nominate you for the contest, Donald. To me, you already won in my book the way I see it. ;)
Grace.
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