The social media community just loves to self-hate.
When Nic Haralambous (try saying that three times quick) told us we blogged too much about blogging, people fell over themselves to agree.
When Wogan mMay tells us we’re a tiny, insignificant community, people agree even more loudly.
Then there’s the worrying popularity of that social media satire blog. Everybody knows satire is just sublimated hate. (I’m looking at you Beatmag. J’accuse!)
So here’s a dodgy statistic* to make you feel all warm, fuzzy and elite if you’re a blogger.
Amatomu claims to generate 7% of SA blog traffic. It alone tracks more than 500,000 hits a day. That means the total daily blog traffic in SA is around 7,000,000 hits. All generated by a community of less than 200. That means I generate 35,000 hits a day, and I’m not even blogging much at the moment.
No matter how egotistical I get, it can’t match up to the reality of how awesome I am. And you are too. So please stop all the self hate.
*”Lies, damned lies and statistics” - Winston Churchill
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Hate to tell you this, but the Social Media 200 Club isn’t the be-all and end-all on Amatomu.
Plenty of blogs on there, like Keo and Big Brother, that aren’t engaging in the social space.
And it’s not self-hate! Sheesh - it’s realizing that we have a lot more work to do, and that we’re not as big as we think we are. If people wanna factor hate into that, so be it, but it wasn’t my idea.
~ Wogan
Oh. And perhaps Wogan is too modest to say it, but his name is Wogan May, not Wogan may.
I’m sure that’s an insult somewhere silly in the blogosphere… :))
That’s why I stick to “Wogan”
Hulk Wogan.
you’re right, statistics do make me all warm and fuzzy inside…
@Gustav Hell no. I will never wear canary yellow tights or force myself on other men in a wrestling ring, thank you very much. That’s just not on for me…
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