tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299409348701300460.post9045935147726630572..comments2023-05-25T09:14:35.702+01:00Comments on The Vernacular Vicar: The Impossible Balance of BloggingAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08268991293847325315noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299409348701300460.post-12129893500616498642011-06-28T22:37:06.621+01:002011-06-28T22:37:06.621+01:00Oh yeah, that's easy for you to say, Archdruid...Oh yeah, that's easy for you to say, Archdruid. But you don't have to rely on the ne'erdowells and workie tickets that I have been landed with at OCICBW.... I've tried beating them but it doesn't work. They like it too much.MadPriesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15120376342802143188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299409348701300460.post-21383006476546399222011-06-28T21:20:51.198+01:002011-06-28T21:20:51.198+01:00I like rankings. If we go down in Wikio, I order b...I like rankings. If we go down in Wikio, I order beatings among the lower-ranking Beaker People until they come up with some better material for me.<br />I'll miss Mouse though.Archdruid Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11849759985107161674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299409348701300460.post-63717668319674886912011-06-28T15:56:25.631+01:002011-06-28T15:56:25.631+01:00I hate the rankings. I am convinced one's writ...I hate the rankings. I am convinced one's writing becomes a whole lot less interesting if you focus on them--since you're unconsciously posting controversial posts (on trivial and passing matters) to be linked to. In a year, these posts will be of no interest to man or beast. <br />It's better to just follow one's bliss, and post on subjects which interest you, and the rankings be damned. <br />A resolve hard to maintain when you see yourself relentlessly drop!!Anitahttp://dreamingbeneaththespires.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299409348701300460.post-81430606125955464002011-06-28T15:53:45.122+01:002011-06-28T15:53:45.122+01:00The commenter calling himself, June, is a male tro...The commenter calling himself, June, is a male troll, a species I am plagued by because I don't hide behind anonymity.MadPriesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15120376342802143188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299409348701300460.post-4034763455493794682011-06-28T14:49:10.885+01:002011-06-28T14:49:10.885+01:00Why the alarm and despondency. Mouse is a very ev...Why the alarm and despondency. Mouse is a very even-handed and balanced commentor on the burning issues of the day, but there are other voices worth listening to and many able practitioners of the noble (or otherwise) art of debate.<br />Not being of their number I will continue to lob the odd grenade into the debate and sit back and watch what happens. (a sort of resident devil's advocate).<br />Perhaps if the argument becomes sufficiently accrimoneous our rodent friend will be lured out of his blogging mousehole. If not, enjoy your rest Mouse and mouselings.Ray Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09209429097744326143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299409348701300460.post-14512342614099370752011-06-28T12:38:36.612+01:002011-06-28T12:38:36.612+01:00Oh, look, someone else who's apparently got it...Oh, look, someone else who's apparently got it in for MadPriest.<br /><br />Infamy, infamy....Junenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299409348701300460.post-27791215668075582712011-06-28T12:10:28.522+01:002011-06-28T12:10:28.522+01:00Neither you, Church mouse or myself are true blogg...Neither you, Church mouse or myself are true bloggers in the original meaning of the word (although you often get very close). Pure blogging is the writing of a personal diary online. There are still many bloggers of this discipline out there and I check those on my blogroll everyday. I often find their posts far most interesting than anything us commentators produce. However, I rarely link to them because they are rarely of universal interest. In fact, I have been told off by diarists in the past for linking to them because they do not want a load of strangers reading their personal stuff. So, Wikio, being a link related engine, actually works against true Blogging and simply panders to the competitive journalistic type of blogger (of which, I am ashamed to say, I am one).MadPriesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15120376342802143188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299409348701300460.post-60304840084905272982011-06-28T11:42:09.206+01:002011-06-28T11:42:09.206+01:00J, I think you should write more fully on this. I ...J, I think you should write more fully on this. I have been lured by the stats thing and still cant Wikio to recognise me properly. You are right, these numbers cause despondency - and of that I can attest. Thanks for commenting, mate. PaxAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08268991293847325315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299409348701300460.post-16900270390912671172011-06-28T11:29:51.026+01:002011-06-28T11:29:51.026+01:00Anonymous valour.Anonymous valour.MadPriesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15120376342802143188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299409348701300460.post-46081844660519768552011-06-28T11:24:31.131+01:002011-06-28T11:24:31.131+01:00For the mouse is a creature of great personal valo...For the mouse is a creature of great personal valour. From Christopher Smart's Jubilato Agno.Mr CatOLickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12115681292322371687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299409348701300460.post-5139604678808382122011-06-28T11:12:48.987+01:002011-06-28T11:12:48.987+01:00I think he started it. I'm serious here. I'...I think he started it. I'm serious here. I've been blogging for nearly six years and it used to be an unwritten agreement that you only ever publicised real milestones (depending on your blog's average readership). It was the Church Mouse who popularised the league tables and made Wikio (a very suspect, elitist system) the standard among British Christian bloggers. It never used to bother me where I stood in popularity until I was relegated to the also rans by a system which is based on links and not visits. This made me cross and envious and I became a blogger because the old etiquettes of Christian blogging helped me to suppress such base instincts within myself. We all become the weakest brethren in certain situations and so we should always be careful to lessen the chances of this causing problems to our blogging brothers and sisters.MadPriesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15120376342802143188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299409348701300460.post-76685127240869358622011-06-28T11:01:28.536+01:002011-06-28T11:01:28.536+01:00He was surely not alone then. How many stats monst...He was surely not alone then. How many stats monsters can we count? lolAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08268991293847325315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8299409348701300460.post-63318512651278041972011-06-28T10:12:10.707+01:002011-06-28T10:12:10.707+01:00The Church Mouse brought competition into Christia...The Church Mouse brought competition into Christian blogging. He was boastful and made me feel jealous.MadPriesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15120376342802143188noreply@blogger.com