This is a very unscientific analysis, but can someone explain how this blog get's nominated for...
1) South African Weblog of the year
2) Most humorous South African blog
3) Best post on a South African blog
4) Best Original writing on a South African blog
5) Best South African Personal Blog
Reason I ask is I thought the SA Blogosphere had grown beyond 20 or so blogs. The other thing is the aforementioned blog (which is about blog-porn floating on vomit/excrement) isn't even in the top 10 in the LIFE category on Amatomu. I have a bone to pick with a blog that excels peddling drunken sexual adventures and vulgarity for a living, and the writer then parading herself as a blogging celebrity - I've experienced this ...cough...cough...phenomenon offline (but please, "I want everyone to know about my sexual preferences but at the same time [her] identity needs to be protected from stalkers"- can't think why...).
I just don't think we can afford to be filling our minds with blog-porn with all the concerns going on, but then the majority of the hoi palloi consists of tabloid obsessed soapie addicts.
I also don't understand how David Bullard's blog (defunct wasn't it) makes it on the list of political blogs. I am a great fan of David Bullard and have interviewed him for this blog. I'd also support David continuing to blog 100%, I think Blogs need every good writer they can muster. But in terms of SA Blog awards there have been 5 posts this year from David, including a three sentence observation about Sarkozy. Is this an attempt - a blogging award - an attempt to woo Mr. Bullard back into the world of blogging, maybe set it afire once again?
I guess it's all about who you know, favours, hook-ups, cover ups and blowing one's own horn. Just makes me think SA Blog Awards ain't even worth R2.08.
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