Comments | coughingbear: inconsequential

coughingbear

inconsequential

Jan 15, 2010 12:34

I know many blogs do have a theme, and I read things like Crooked Timber and other political/academic blogs and several which focus on book reviews. But I don't think YouGov really entirely get it when they ask the following question (though I do like the teck boxes ( Read more... )

silliness

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ankaret January 15 2010, 14:37:09 UTC

Yes, there seem to be some obvious gaps there. It looks a lot like the 'what are your interests' section on one of those consumer questionnaires that used to come in the post - I kept expecting to see 'smoking' and 'grandchildren'. Especially as I bet there are blogs about both.

coughingbear January 15 2010, 14:49:15 UTC

I think they are trying to map magazine categories onto blogs, and it just doesn't work. I wrote them a comment that the best blogs didn't fall into categories and weren't all about giving each other consumer advice, which they seemed to think was the main point. (OK, it's the point they are interested in, but they should realise that a blogger or tweeter who is obviously and only trying to sell you things is not going to get very far.)

(Kitten! I think I need a kitten icon.)

copperbadge January 15 2010, 16:05:23 UTC

I can't help cracking up at the awkward phrasing.

MEN BLOGS. I READS THEM.

coughingbear January 15 2010, 16:32:54 UTC

It gets sillier every time I read it!

MEN BLOGS. FOR REAL MEN. NOT PIXELS.

copperbadge January 15 2010, 16:37:02 UTC

"What do you do for a living?" "Oh, I write a MEN BLOG."

Actually I do read one site that could be considered a MEN BLOG, http://www.getkempt.com/ . It has interesting content!

callmemadam January 15 2010, 16:08:17 UTC

Ha! I wouldn't be tecking many of those boxes!

thistleingrey January 15 2010, 21:54:14 UTC

Strange! I wonder whether they've taken the "Which magazines do you read semi-regularly?" tickybox set and just changed the heading (and added IT). Not that I ever had a great time with those, either, back when I was reading Omni--officially a science mag but with the sort of gadget section Wired has now, occasional SF stories, etc.

hano January 15 2010, 23:46:52 UTC

In addition I notice there's no category for Warren Ellis. Or cats. Clearly these people have no real concept as to what the internet is actually for.