Comments on: A Little Disappointed

By: Jennifer H

Jennifer H — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:26:25 +0000

Good thing I wasn’t serious.

Scholarships are a great idea. I also think they should choose a location that’s more central.

By: Jane

Jane — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:08:25 +0000

I’ll say it again because god knows I’m not short on opinion, but BlogHer sucks.

I challenge you to 1) go find a post by a non-editor/BlogHer employee on their site, and then 2) find a post by a non-editor with more than 5 comments.

There are a few but they are, without exception, the result of vigorous BlogHer networking and trades, e.g., you comment on mine, I’ll comment on yours.

The non-blogging readers seem not to exist.

BlogHer promotes itself as this very woman-promoting, open community, but you’ll never see anybody but the BlogHer staff on the front page. You’ll never see them promote something that’s not from themselves, or an advertiser. All the other “contributors” get buried, and quickly.

/rant

By: Atomic Bombshell

Atomic Bombshell — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:14:26 +0000

It’s good to be honest. That’s a totally understandable reason.

By: mr_g

mr_g — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:56:54 +0000

Actually, I think people used to go to conferences for the booze and sex. But with hookers on Craig’s List now, people really go for the show!

By: Neil

Neil — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:28:53 +0000

Getting knocked up is the coolest.

By: gorillabuns

gorillabuns — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:20:42 +0000

I have to admit, I felt so uncool last year. THIS was one of the reasons why I didn’t go again this year. oh, and I’m knocked up would be another reason.

By: Neil

Neil — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:03:00 +0000

The swag is the least interesting part of BlogHer for me. I find the corporate attention pretty disturbing. Why don’t the corporations just give out scholarships to those women who can’t afford the thousand dollars it must cost go to the conference (plane, hotel, and conference) rather than piling on the crap? But it is cool how so many varied women meet under one roof.

By: Jennifer H

Jennifer H — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:25:31 +0000

I was only moderately disappointed not to be going to BlogHer, until yesterday when I found out that there are mad amounts of swag handed out. Now that’s disappointing. I wonder what’s in a bag of blogging swag?

Probably some super-secret code that unlocks blog traffic. And maybe also a drug that makes women as skinny as Dooce.

I am so going next year.

By: Lucy

Lucy — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:22:04 +0000

If you are up for meeting readers when visiting Minneapolis or Seattle, shoot me an E-mail! Though I’m a new reader and don’t know you at all, I enjoy meeting folks from the Internets . . . when the situation is controlled . . . and when my bodyguards are on the clock.

And after reading about Phil’s traffic problem, I must pay his site a visit. I’m such a softy.

By: Phil

Phil — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:27:41 +0000

Don’t people go to conferences to get drunk and have sex with someone that will hunt them down after they go home and kill their rabbit?

Wait.

That was a really bad movie. sorry. The heat….