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« Force and Government | Main | Opinions <> Science » December 04, 2004Electoral Shenanigans at the Blog AwardsOn the one hand, I can certainly sympathize with the boys at Power Line being miffed that they're now behind the two liberal powerhouse blogs, Daily Kos and Eschaton. I don't think much of either Kos or Atrios, and it would be frustrating to lose to them. On the other hand, this does tend to point to the biggest flaw in the awards process: the winners will frequently be whoever is most willing to flog their readers into voting, rather than whoever really is the best site in a particular category. I suppose this isn't at all surprising, but it does tend to undermine the nominal value of the awards, at least for me. Then again, maybe I'm just saying that because I'm getting clobbered in my category. This is why they don't release the ballot totals for the Oscars. Update: I should probably note, for the record, that one of Kos' readers posted a script allowing people to cheat, so the awards are now all higgledy-piggledy. Posted at December 4, 2004 06:31 PM
Trackback PingsTrackBack URL for this entry: CommentsDon't blame me. I vote for you every day. Of course, it would probably mean more if we weren't related. Take solace, knowing that you are the best essayist in the family. ;) Posted by: Enrak at December 4, 2004 06:39 PM That tends to illustrate my point, though. I'm probably picking up 3-4 votes a day, and they're probably all from family. Which is very nice of you, but hardly objective; clearly I'm not nearly as good a writer as Hanson or Lileks. Posted by: Andrew at December 4, 2004 06:54 PM I should probably add that the above is meant neither as a complaint nor a lament. I enjoy writing and I was and am very flattered to have been included in the list. Posted by: Andrew at December 4, 2004 06:55 PM Lib election motto: Vote early and vote often! Posted by: pyrexiaD at December 4, 2004 08:13 PM I don't think we're related, but I've been voting for you 1/2 the time. The other half, I'm voting for that Wolfgang guy. The best thing about the awards is that I might never have read either you or him, otherwise. Posted by: Donna at December 5, 2004 05:46 AM Donna, Excellent point. You can find a lot of very good blogs out there, and that's probably the best thing about the awards. Posted by: Andrew at December 5, 2004 06:12 AM I voted for you. Really, a coin toss betwixt you and Porretto. Of course, I can just delete wizbang's cookies, and vote again, and again ... alternating. hehe. I don't think you suffer any in comparison to Lileks, but then I don't make the comparison in the first place. Different > inferior/superior. Same for Hanson. Posted by: jed at December 5, 2004 05:07 PM I should note that the awards are certainly sending out a lot of traffic. Better than 10% of my referrals now come from the awards pages. Now I just have to convince them to come back. Maybe personal checks? (Warning: checks will not be honored.) Posted by: Andrew at December 6, 2004 12:06 AM Post a comment |
