Comments on: Instablogs and Why I Hate Hype

By: Nandini

Nandini — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 09:49:15 +0000

What does the Blogosphere need? More Blogs, More Readers

Everyone says the Blogosphere is expanding. But not really. Actually, the growth of number of blogs has exceeded the growth of blog readers. The Blogosphere is expanding more on the blogs axis, but a little slow in the other one. Hence we hear Blog…

By: Srinivasan R

Srinivasan R — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 10:02:11 +0000

It would probably be best not to even publish this entry because I am more than likely making people aware of Instablogs that didnâ€™t even know they existed.
True. I came to know of Instablogs only through another blognetwork writing such a review about it.

By: Scrivs

Scrivs — Fri, 07 Oct 2005 20:32:18 +0000

Yep, you caught me Jesse. I am definitely whining because lord knows I was waiting for another blog network to launch.

By: Jesse J. Anderson

Jesse J. Anderson — Fri, 07 Oct 2005 19:54:01 +0000

are you seriously whining because it launched 8 hours late?

By: Nandini

Nandini — Fri, 07 Oct 2005 17:28:56 +0000

>>Then came the cartoons with other blogging â€œsuperstarsâ€ (no Scrivs, *sob sob*),

You are too tall to fit in a window. :)

>> You could read the frustration of some of the Indian people.
I think now Internet is a Global Community, we delayed our launch – that was a bad PR on our part, and everyone was disappointed.

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By: Rhys

Rhys — Fri, 07 Oct 2005 06:54:55 +0000

It WAS a disappointment. I admit I was excited too. When will everyone realize that content is key?! Without content in this business, you have nothing.

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By: Ryan Christensen

Ryan Christensen — Fri, 07 Oct 2005 06:03:04 +0000

This pretty much summarizes my thoughts on the launch to the T. (And also, I’m sorry.. but using “OMG” in the title of the post saying you were late? *Shudders*..)

Perhaps I’m also spoiled by the transparency of so many other hyped products/blogs/networks these days.. (rarely so in the blog arena network, but you know what I mean).. saying “we’re late, and we’re sorry” seems like a meaningless apology. Why aren’t we hearing about what caused the delay? (Did someone sleep in too late?) Always (ALWAYS!) better to an honest apology than none at all.

I realize the network is “free”, and I shouldn’t act like I’m entitled to anything (which, I honestly don’t feel that I am).. but how can they expect to be taken seriously? If this is how they treat the launch, *why should I expect anything more from the network and its sites in the future?*