Comments on: Diversity problem in the blogosphere? http://silenteloquence.suryaonline.org/2005/04/07/diversity-problem-in-the-blogosphere/ Silence. Eloquence. Everything in between. Fri, 23 Dec 2011 13:19:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: surreal reality http://silenteloquence.suryaonline.org/2005/04/07/diversity-problem-in-the-blogosphere/comment-page-1/#comment-110 surreal reality Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://silenteloquence.suryaonline.org/?p=55#comment-110 I'm not sure about the actual stats but I reckon a large percentage of bloggers would still rather maintain anonymity.. at least until they muster enough courage to gave out their url's to a fellow-conspirer or two :) I’m not sure about the actual stats but I reckon a large percentage of bloggers would still rather maintain anonymity.. at least until they muster enough courage to gave out their url’s to a fellow-conspirer or two :)

]]> By: Srijith http://silenteloquence.suryaonline.org/2005/04/07/diversity-problem-in-the-blogosphere/comment-page-1/#comment-111 Srijith Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://silenteloquence.suryaonline.org/?p=55#comment-111 While A-list bloggers' i-scratch-your-back-you-scratch-mine activity is a nasty issue, the "Harvard conference" that the author uses to drive in the point is one of the worst examples he could have picked. Who but a very few elite can afford to pay for the attendance at these conferences?<BR/><BR/>So, yes if you look at the number of people who have been featured in newspaper reports, attend big conferences, pimp their links, you do have a white male world. But that does not mean that blogosphere populations is predominantly white male. Saying so would mean that the reporter has not done enough research of blogs based in Asia and other non-white part of the world. While A-list bloggers’ i-scratch-your-back-you-scratch-mine activity is a nasty issue, the “Harvard conference” that the author uses to drive in the point is one of the worst examples he could have picked. Who but a very few elite can afford to pay for the attendance at these conferences?

So, yes if you look at the number of people who have been featured in newspaper reports, attend big conferences, pimp their links, you do have a white male world. But that does not mean that blogosphere populations is predominantly white male. Saying so would mean that the reporter has not done enough research of blogs based in Asia and other non-white part of the world.

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