Needless to say, once again I’m not nominated for the Weblog Awards. I only know there is such a contest because I keep seeing posts at my favorite blogs saying “Go vote for me!”. I could say I was left out because the TTLB Ecosystem has managed to not show my blog by also not let me add it back in because it says I’m already in the system. But that wouldn’t be the case. What can I say, I’m not popular.
So what is the point of holding such awards? Haven’t we moved beyond popularity? There’s a gazillion blogs out there that cover more than a gazillion topics, so why worry about what everybody else is reading? Isn’t that the whole point of the internet information revolution? Prosumerism? Will we eternally be stuck in Junior High (middle school to all you youngsters out there)? The only point I see isn’t in crushing your enemies and hearing the lamentations of their women, but in finding other blogs you’d like to read. And I don’t know if an award contest is really the best way to do it. Given how many blog, how little time, I’m not even sure I want to find other blogs to read.
Anyway, I’ve voted. It’s not like democracy in Iraq or anything – more like democracy in Venezuala these days.
