The World of Blogebrities

Jeremy writes "The folks at Blogebrity have a unique take on the blog scene. Drawing a parallel to the glitz and glam of Hollywood stars, they've divided some of the better-known bloggers into A-, B-, and C-lists. Slashdot favorite Wil Wheaton is featured on the A-list, while some lesser-known bloggers such as Bruce Sterling made it to the B-list, and most of the non-geeks like comedian Margaret Cho can't seem to break out of the C-list. What does the slashdot crowd think of their choices?"

Comments

Bloggin' Blogtastic, Bloggies!

[American AC in Paris]

Crimony. Another few years of the word-hackery that brought us "blogebrities", and we're all gonna sound like some freakish variant of the Smurfs.

What do we think about it?

[kevin_conaway]

We dont. Why are people so fascinated with celebrities? Are your own lives really THAT boring?

OMG! BTW Did you hear that Nick and Jessica filed for divorce?

Re:What do we think about it?

[fdrake76]

OMG! BTW Did you hear that Nick and Jessica filed for divorce?

As sad as it sounds I must admit, I actually searched news.google.com for "Nick and Jessica" upon reading this.

(Score:-4, Pathetic)

Contagious Media Showdown

[Webs 101]

Correct me if I'm wrong - and I'm sure you will - but isn't this site amother entry in the Contagious Media Showdown?

Does somebody want to do my homework and see if the person who sent this to Slashdot is the same as the domain owner?

too good for the A-list

[fred fleenblat]

Didn't see groklaw mentioned.
PJ is certainly a celebrity at this point--she even has her own stalker (Maureen O'Gara).

"Blogebrities"?

[Saint Aardvark]

Dear god, I thought "blogosphere" was self-important.

But hey! This opens up all kinds of future blog-related positions. Watch for these coming Slashdot stories!

• Blardinal Petrus writes: "As first Blardinal of the Holy Cathoblogic Church, I hereby announce that I am taking applications for BlogPope. Email your resume, your blog URL and 100 words on "Why I should be Blogpope" to blogpope@cathoblogic.blog. And good luck!"
• Bloggus Torvalds writes: "Ever wanted to start your own nation? Now you can! BlogNation is a new association of Blogizens that are disassociblogging themselves from ordinary, land-based nationstates in favour of a new alliance of Blogs. Run for Blogident, Blog Minister, or Minister of Blogging by signing up on our blog!"
• Bloggy Hilton writes: "Help! I've lost the password to my blog. It was right there on my SideKick (you know, the one with the special blog attachment), but it doesn't seem to be there anymore! Has someone taken it? I'm totally desperate here!"

Re:Personal Preference

[14erCleaner]

That is the biggest draw of blogging, you can find someone that is writing about what you like, and don't have to read articles that don't interest you. There is so much out there.

Except to find the ones you like, you have to read a lot of articles that don't interest you. Doh!

I think trying to categorize bloggers is mostly useless.

I think most bloggers would be categorized as "mostly useless".

Thanks, but no thanks

[Shimmer]

Wheaton's current entry is all about how lousy he felt when he got sick. If that's what it takes to be a blogging A-lister, I think I'll stick to the rest of the Internet for awhile longer.

Re:WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS SHIT? BLOGEBRITY?

[Golias]

What I find hilarious is how this thread is stuffed to the gills with people who rushed a post on Slashdot to tell the world that people with blogs are pathetic for thinking their opinions are important enough to publish on the web.

Mr. Kettle? There's a Mr. Pot holding for you on line two... says he wants to tell you something.

Whois info for Blogebrity.Com

[Hulkster]

For those trying to determine if the submitter owns the site and/or is involved in the Contageous Media Showdown, the whois info is presented below. I actually thought it was a clever idea on their part to submit to (and get accepted by) Slashdot - I bet all the other participents (I'm not) are jealous they didn't think of it earlier! ;-)

At least Wikipedia isn't being defaced/spammed as it was in one of those earlier SEO contests. It would be pretty funny if after all this publicity, they went ahead and DID publish a magazine. Read more of their thoughts in their blog.

BTW, I noticed that Hulk's Blog isn't listed.
Hulk might have to SMASH 'em! ;-)

Registrant:
The Gawp Network
513 Wilshire Blvd.
Suite 300
Santa Monica, California 90401
United States

Registered through: GoDaddy.com
Domain Name: BLOGEBRITY.COM
Created on: 08-May-05
Expires on: 08-May-06
Last Updated on: 08-May-05

Administrative Contact:
Hermann, Robert
Pivot Plane Inc
810 S Flower st #308
Los Angeles, California 90017
United States
3107654924 Fax --
Technical Contact: SAME

Re:WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS SHIT? BLOGEBRITY?

[Max_Wells_SH]

What I find hilarious is how this thread is stuffed to the gills with people who rushed a post on Slashdot to tell the world that people with blogs are pathetic for thinking their opinions are important enough to publish on the web.

What are you talking about? I set my threshold to 5, and it's like sitting at a table with the philosopher kings here.

(Sorry, not a flame, just friendly jab. Sirs.)