January 14, 2008
Elitism In the Dextrosphere
Paul Mirengoff closed a post today with some help from John Hinderacker:
Whelan advises Greenhouse: "It’s well past time for you to come clean. Remember, it’s always the coverup that kills you". But maybe not, if you're writing for "arguably the most elite audience in the nation."
JOHN adds: For what it's worth, I suspect that we write for "the most elite audience in the nation." Certainly, by any objective measure, an audience that is more "elite" than that of the Times.
John, I have to tell you that's nonsense on stilts, and you know it. Clearly Big Lizards is far more "elite" than either the Times or Power Line: Why, you chaps routinely pull in excess of 70,000 page views per day, while we average only 1/35th of that at 2,000 page views per day.
As the major elements of elitism clearly include exclusivity, you're simply out of the running. Big Lizards is the most exclusive, hence most elitist of the trio.
We're number one!
We're number one!
We're --
Whoops, I just realized there are a heck of a lot of blogs that don't receive anywhere near 2,000 page views, either; ergo, they're even more exclusive than we.
We're number 4,666,908!
Now that I think about it, I'd rather we were a little less elite -- and a whole lot more "hoi polloi." Thar's gold in them thar masses.
Hatched by Dafydd on this day, January 14, 2008, at the time of 11:14 PM
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The following hissed in response by: kimsch
Site meter says I average 124 page views a day, 51 visits. I'm really elite....
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at January 15, 2008 5:47 AM
The following hissed in response by: MarkJM
Darn. The 'Elite' label kind of took the edge off the 'eccentric' label I keep on hearing... At any rate, I always look forward to your well written and thoughtful posts, and keep your blog near the top of my favorites! Keep up the excellent work! (Also, watch for the 'Fred Surge'. I believe it's coming. It will just be awhile before the out-of-touch MSM will report on it!)
The above hissed in response by: MarkJM at January 15, 2008 6:10 AM
The following hissed in response by: MTF
The NYT has moved into Onion territory with that piece, and become a parody of a newspaper.
The above hissed in response by: MTF at January 15, 2008 6:49 AM
The following hissed in response by: F. N. Owl
Like Harvard, you're "highly selective."
The above hissed in response by: F. N. Owl at January 15, 2008 2:02 PM
The following hissed in response by: Steven Den Beste
Can't be TOO much money; you're still running an advertisement for an event that happened last July.
The above hissed in response by: Steven Den Beste at January 15, 2008 3:43 PM
The following hissed in response by: Dafydd ab Hugh
Steven Den Beste:
Can't be TOO much money; you're still running an advertisement for an event that happened last July.
...Which was a free advert all along!
I'm leaving it up because I'm still a big Heinlein fan. I've offered several times to give over the space (still free) to Bill Patterson and his Heinlein Journal, and he seems interested; but I think he's stymied (or perhaps daunted) by the task of creating a cool-looking advert to sit in that place of honor.
I want him to go for it; what can he lose? But until then, I'm keeping up the advert for the Heinlein centennial, just because I've grown accustomed to having some Heinleiniana there.
Dafydd
The above hissed in response by: Dafydd ab Hugh at January 15, 2008 6:46 PM
The following hissed in response by: kimsch
Dafydd, can you email me? I may be able to help with that free ad.
The above hissed in response by: kimsch at January 16, 2008 11:30 AM
The following hissed in response by: Dafydd ab Hugh
Kimsch:
I may be able to help with that free ad.
Thanks, Kimsch; but first I have to get Patterson to respond. And at that point, he may already have somebody ready to do it.
But if he does and doesn't, I'll put you in touch with him... then you two can thrash it out. <g>
The above hissed in response by: Dafydd ab Hugh at January 16, 2008 2:17 PM
The following hissed in response by: kimsch
OK Thanks Dafydd.
The above hissed in response by: kimsch at January 16, 2008 5:14 PM
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