Comments on: The gift that keeps on giving

By: Carleton Wu

Carleton Wu — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 09:39:41 +0000

aren’t sitemeters kinda like circulation numbers for newspapers? Doesnt that mean that papers with high circulation numbers (eg NTY, WSJ, WashPost, etc) also have “unassailable credibility as voices for the rest of us”?

By: Meri

Meri — Mon, 21 Nov 2005 06:24:13 +0000

not an inducement to actually riot.

not even a little bit of rioting?

By: George Johnston

George Johnston — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 14:59:00 +0000

I believe I have the just and equitable solution. David Corn’s strange bedfellows in Osama Pajamas can call themselves “Open Sores Media.” It sounds almost the same and is much more descriptive of their lot.

By: tigrismus

tigrismus — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 01:09:45 +0000

Sitemeter records referrers if you don’t have them blocked, so I don’t feel too bad. The other day TBogg was responsible for far more traffic to Don Singleton’s blog than OSM, that’s gotta hurt.

By: forked tongue

forked tongue — Sun, 20 Nov 2005 00:22:22 +0000

Jeez. I knew in some vague way that it was bad to give wingnut sites hits, so I’ve tried to keep my ogling at trainwrecks to a minimum. But if they’re going to use their sitemeters to legitimize themselves as my voice, then I’ll never go near any of them again.

By: Marq

Marq — Sat, 19 Nov 2005 17:11:26 +0000

Yes! Everybody drink-up and riot*!!!

*not an inducement to actually riot.

By: Meri

Meri — Sat, 19 Nov 2005 14:31:11 +0000

the numbers on their public sitemeters lending them unassailable credibility

even if it were true, are they suggesting we should trade in newspapers for some kind of mindless, blogger driven mob?

By: Vladi G

Vladi G — Sat, 19 Nov 2005 14:08:35 +0000

Chris Lydon has graciously allowed them to use his sitemeter.

Wait, make that, due to a misunderstanding, he didn’t graciously allow them to use his sitemeter, but he gave up the use of that sitemeter of his own volition, even though it still records hits to his site.

Watch this space closely, as we’re working on another misstatement of fact that we think covers our collective ass.

By: Captain Quarterbrain

Captain Quarterbrain — Sat, 19 Nov 2005 08:19:34 +0000

My sitemeter proves that my credibility is unassailable. Because no one stops by purely for comedic fodder…