December 20, 2002
Shelley Powers has a really interesting post (and links to the perspectives of others) about her plans to replace her blogroll with a system of archiving and organizing the specific posts of others that she really liked. I like the idea, although there are two major reasons why I can’t/won’t do it.
1. The technology to accomplish it is beyond my knowledge base right now, and I don’t have enough energy or interest to learn it all. It’s all to complicated for my aging brain. I need to keep things simple.
2. There are talented bloggers/writers like Jeneane Sessum who, at least once a week, posts a poem or a reflection that I’d want to save; I just couldn’t keep up.
Even more importantly, I use my blogroll as a quick link for myself so that I can check in with my personal favorites without having to remember their URLs. I suppose, for my visitors, my blogroll also gives an idea of what other blogs I value – and therefore what my values are. Interestingly enough, I think that many of the individuals on my blogroll don’t read my weblog very often. But that’s OK; that’s the way the way it goes.
There’s also some discussions going on about adding and deleting blogroll entries – which is also just another natural blogging process for me – a constant refinement of my preferences as I meet more and more bloggers. (I, for one, can’t keep up with them all. I have to make choices.) As I see it, problems arise when “delinking” is made into a big deal. That makes it seem as though a blogroll is some sort of coterie or special society.
Unfortunately, Jeneane says she’s stopping her weblog for a while. I’m sure holidays with an energetic young ‘un are exhausting. I’m thinking that my relentlessness also has contributed to her needing a break. My quarrel was with Chris Locke’s vitriol and not with her, and I never wanted to get into a pissing match with her. But I did. It was unavoidable (because I’m ferociously relentless when people/s – including myself – are wronged), and I’m sorry that it happened that way. I will tell her that in a direct email, but it seems appropriate to say it here as well. As I said, she is just about my favorite “personal” (as opposed to political or technical) blogger. She is also ferociously protective of those she loves. As am I.
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De-link, De-that on 20 Dec 2002
A couple of people have discussed de-linking in their weblogs (Dorothea and Elaine). Life goes on. Personally, I wish I hadn't brought up delinking in my discussion about replacing the blogroll. I'm replacing my blogroll with something else because I'm
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Elayne Riggs on 22 Dec 2002
Thanks, Elaine! I rearrange my blogroll every now and then as well. It's exactly as you say, "I use my blogroll as a quick link for myself so that I can check in with my personal favorites without having to remember their URLs." My blogroll is like another Favorites folder for me. Usually when I remove blogs it's because the person isn't posting that much, it's not a personal reflection on them. Sometimes I think people are way too touchy about minor shit.