Why Blog Quiz
Saw this quiz at weirdsmobile and I wasn’t doing anything, so…
1) Why do you keep your weblog/blog/online writing thingie: for fun, for fame, for money, for popularity, or for another more obscure reason? What about the weblog gives you what you want?
I think I’ve always been a bit of an exhibitionist, and, being an only child, I never really had anyone to talk to. Now I’m talking to everybody, even if I am boring as dirt.
2) Imagine that your weblog becomes wildly popular: your hit counter skyrockets, your comments are overflowing, and everyone is emailing you about everything you post. Name 3 positive things that could come of this, and 3 negative things.
Positive:
- I’d have succeeded in something.
- I would not consider myself a failure.
- I might be able to turn around the success into something on a monetary level.
Negative:
- I’d have all that email to read.
- I might have to keep more things secret.
- My ego would probably be the size of Cleveland. No wait, it’s already the size of Cleveland. It might turn into the size of Texas.
3) What’s the worst possible result you can imagine (short of being electrocuted or having your computer take over your brain, and who says it hasn’t already?) from keeping a weblog?
Being fired.
4) What do you do to prevent that worst possible result from happening?
I went anonymous.
5) List 5 reasons that would make you stop keeping your weblog for a period of 6 months to a year.
Five reasons? I don’t think I have 5 reasons. There are two: I am hospitalized and have no access to a computer. Or, I am dead.
6) List 5 reasons that would make you stop forever.
See reasons above.
7) Describe your definition of a “successful weblog.”
Lots of visitors, lots of comments and interaction, known by many and admired by some.
Is yours successful by your definition?
I hardly think so. But I have to wonder why, when my stats say about the same each week, I can’t even get a stinking comment most of the time. With all these people visiting, why the fuck doesn’t somebody at least say “hi”.
9) What pisses you off most in other weblogs? What pleases you most?
What still bugs me is people getting political, as if they’re gonna change the face of the world. And quite frankly, who gives a shit? But I suppose it’s more interesting than their account of shopping *ahem*.
10) Make a list of 10 weblogs/journal style websites that you wish your weblog/website/writing site was like.
Oh get real. I don’t know of 10 blogs that I’m envious of. I don’t even think I know of one that I’d like to change mine to. I like lots of sites and the writing is different in each one, but overall, I guess I like the sites that are humorous, dry, and witty the best.
And when did I start talking in italics, anyway?
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Comments
Hello m’dear! Interaction: yes, indeedy, more comments would be nice I suppose. I guess most folks just have little to say, like me. I’m the quiet type. Yup. No, really…
I would’ve pinged this (but now I see it’s not allowed, is trackbacking?) but I don’t see any way to ping someone if pinging is not on as a default. There used to be a tickbox for “try pinging all urls in this post”. Damn. I could try trackbacking because 1.5.1 has had some difficulties with that.
I’m loving this Comment preview of yours. What plugin is it, Ye Wise One?
Minna, it’s a comment previewer and validator (so your xhtml doesn’t get screwed up if someone uses code).
You can get it at: http://dev.d10e.net/files/compreval/, although I forget the name.
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