tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4181152076682017239.post2103750009858180181..comments2023-05-31T05:37:02.106-04:00Comments on THE HUDDLER RETURNS: Burgh mourns the loss of the "Burgher"THE HUDDLERhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16079280570701872704noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4181152076682017239.post-38991044603785640842008-12-22T01:32:00.000-05:002008-12-22T01:32:00.000-05:00Offhand, I think the ADB is the only anonymous blo...Offhand, I think the ADB is the only anonymous blogger left. I think the stress of anonymity surely has something to do with burning out -- I don't know what I would do if I couldn't discuss my day's writing here and there with friends.<BR/><BR/>I don't think he passed it on because it was getting comparably lame without him -- and the anonymity behind such a dominant site gave the whole political Internet a bit of a seedy vibe. Is my guess.Bram Reichbaumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05620172942925293407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4181152076682017239.post-70525178712273716332008-12-21T23:56:00.000-05:002008-12-21T23:56:00.000-05:00I'm still bugging The Burgher about letting me pos...I'm still bugging The Burgher about letting me post the archives of The Burgh Report to a new blogspot domain. While I will not quit my other two blogs (Green is Good and technology + politics) I am thinking about taking some of the anti-luke activism offline and to the masses. The burghosphere alone cannot and will not defeat Luke and the Democratic machine here in Pittsburgh. Stay tuned.Schultzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15081403187993259643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4181152076682017239.post-6230950321179096322008-12-20T09:57:00.000-05:002008-12-20T09:57:00.000-05:00PS the commenting set up here gave me trouble. I c...PS the commenting set up here gave me trouble. I chose to comment using a Google account. Hitting post took me to word verification (which I did) then it said I couldn't comment. I tried preview next, it went to a screen asking me for my email and password for my Google (blogger) account, then hitting post worked.EdHeathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09109361235271107574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4181152076682017239.post-58006014200455243182008-12-20T09:54:00.000-05:002008-12-20T09:54:00.000-05:00I found that when I poster everyday or nearly ever...I found that when I poster everyday or nearly everyday, I doubled the traffic at my blog. Not that it got very high, since it started low to begin with. This was during the Mayoral race of '07, and I was trying to post on relevant topics. But that is a lot of work, and mostly I like commenting on other peoples blogs. But my take on blogging is that it is a lot of work (I like to compose in Word, for example), not as good for you as running, and bloggers seems to drop out for different reasons. Consider Chad Hermann and Jonathan Potts. Both well respected; in Chad's case apparently you either really liked him or (as in my case) you didn't, while my impression was that Jonathon was thoughtful but managed to annoy many fewer people. Both were out, both dropped out. <BR/><BR/>The fact that blogging is kinda hard work means that a lot of celebrities wouldn't do it, and those that did try to probably wouldn't do a very good job. It helps not to have a life. <BR/><BR/>I don't know why the Burgher didn't just pass the Burgh Report on to Chris and/or Bram, if only to give the traffic a place to go. I can kind of see deciding to shut down, though, since it was *his* blog. But there is also the endless speculation about perhaps being about to be "outed" too.EdHeathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09109361235271107574noreply@blogger.com