New Theory: Fish in a Barrel
You start with a group of around a hundred or so men who only link to each other and throw a scrap here or there to a pool of about 500 women. The men get lots of links and lots of attention. They go on TV and get even more attention from people who don't normally frequent the blogosphere.
The 500+ women are all writing and linking to the small group guys( which helps them because there are so many women), and to each other, but because there are so many women bloggers, no one woman (except maybe some young, hot D.C. babe who looks good on TV and makes the producers seem all concerned with diversity) gets the kind of concentration of links that the men do.
The men get all impressed with themselves because they get attention and links and publicity, and sit around in a permanent circle jerk, praising and trying to impress each other, contemplating their navels and wondering why there are no women with as many links as they have.
The women then go berserk, but the men don't know that because they only read other men in their little barrel, but their cluelessness gets them LOTS of links because there are So Many Women Bloggers who want them to get a clue.
Of course, that's just a theory. Like Evolution. I could be wrong.
posted by Morgaine @ 11:27 AM
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7 Comments:
Sadly, I believe you might be correct.
Nope. She is correct. The truth is brutal and empowering :-) And I trust Evolution any damn day over religious mythos, especially patriarchal religions.
no one woman (except maybe some young, hot D.C. babe who looks good on TV and makes the producers seem all concerned with diversity) gets the kind of concentration of links that the men do
The one they showcase is an idiot to boot. And she's not all that shocking about sex, either. When did she ever write about roleplaying as cops and making creative use of a nightstick?
Pah. Amateur.
Blogging is like writing poetry or fiction; you have to do it for yourself. But if I had the time, I'd start another blog and use a male name, just to see. I hope someone with time on her hands tries that.
Ya know, I could do that. I pass the Turing test online all the time!
Theory my butt...you hit the nail on the proverbial head! Most of my links are female, I notice a lot more female bloggers than male.
I agree with Ole Blue... almost all the bloggers I read are female, except Sray's "Scientific Thoughts" blog and Shades of Gray by the most excellent Charlie. It's totally coincidental, however, since I don't read a blog based on the gender of the writer, but on the topic-- but as a guy reading 99% female authored blogs, it's apparent to me that any accusation of insufficiently interesting female authorship is totally bogus!
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