Comments on: People’s choice Awards – What I feel about it

By: The Sojourner

The Sojourner — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:53:27 +0000

Had some ideas to contribute in the improvement of the next ABA but amnesia/mind fart struck. Anyway I hope there will be post mortem for some constructive discussion.

And lemme add a suggestion, and I hope you still remember it as well Impz, I WANT a MOST NSFW Award for the next one. (^.^)

By: Nekonron

Nekonron — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 13:10:07 +0000

It’s possible that some voters voted simply by who they know in some categories because they either don’t know the other nominees or they don’t read blogs of that category. Being more popular automatically gives you a good chance to get loads of voters in any categories.

But overall the results are pretty interesting. Some that I thought would have an easy win ended up not winning at all lol

By: GARLolicon Extrange

GARLolicon Extrange — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 08:41:05 +0000

Impz, I’m not dead, I’m with Writer’s Block….and it’s as sticky as a jealous Yandere on a cheating bastard.

I’ve just came back from Rock in Rio, and it was a concert with Orishas, Kaiser Chiefs, Muse, Offspring and Linkin Park. Please ignore any typos, drunken blabbling or throwing up.

What Impz said it’s true; while the manga posts I make are few to be considered a manga blog, it’s rather my fame as a manga addict on #animeblogger and with the community in general that gave us the award. Even so, that makes the award more interesting, since the winner’s knowledge and personality managed to bypass the actual written work he has…..and why the hell I’m talking in the 3rd person?

Anyway, let me get some sleep , I’m awake for 27 hours and all those Red Bulls are losing effect. If I manage to awake later I’ll finish my goddamn post about Shonen Rival -.-Y

By: 13sugars

13sugars — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 01:05:11 +0000

THIS IS RIGGED!!!! I DEMAND A RECOUNT!!!! (j/k ROFLMEAO) ^^

By: Danny Choo

Danny Choo — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 22:35:59 +0000

Hey All,
Just wanted to add that I always do my best to link to rookies all the time. I think its important to share traffic with new up n coming blogs.
Some of the blogs on the winners list dont link to rookies and only link to “official” sites which is not healthy for the community

By: Caitlin

Caitlin — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 22:22:53 +0000

I’m also not sure about how you got Manga Blog…I really don’t think of this as a manga blog site at all (sorry).

I also think Epic Win could have easily competed under Funniest or Team.

By: LDC

LDC — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:56:51 +0000

I’m satisfied with the results, except for the manga award. I don’t see why people hate popular things with such passion. It’s true that the visual aspect is the one that draws someone to read a blog in the first place, but the reason people keep coming back is because of the writing.(If someone has a blog that is plain white with text, does it make it deeper than other blogs?) I would’nt read a blog with nice visuals but poor or boring writing. all these blogs have worked hard to become interesting, efficient and kind to the readers, and that is why they’re popular.
There’s some assumption that cynical or underground writing is more “intellectual” or funny writing. This may explain why some people are disappointed from the results, but I don’t see how this assumption is logical none the less.

By: Kabitzin

Kabitzin — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:31:28 +0000

Yeah but if that happened, the indie awards would not be as exciting I think.

By: Impz

Impz — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:11:59 +0000

@Crisu: Hmm, i wonder if it is truly visual appeal though, or the fact that they just come in earlier than most. Yet, my study does not seem to support that at all.

@Kabitzin: But we all make assumptions, or make predictions why a certain candidate wins in the presidential elections. I mean, there must be some reasons why people vote on a certain candidate such as OBAMA compared to clinton. Oh, before I go into behaviorial studies, I will stop right there.

Nonetheless, I do not really think it is sad as in “sigh, this is the sad state of the people’s choice” but more like “i want more dark horses for cool conspiracy theories”.

By: Kabitzin

Kabitzin — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:50:13 +0000

Impz and Drm: I think you are both making some assumptions on why certain blogs won. Readers/lurkers didn’t have a field to put in justification, so there is no way to know why they voted the way they did.

I don’t think the results are sad at all, especially since readers are less likely to be swayed by friendships (which happens with bloggers). Also, at no point did the voters know the standings in the people’s choice.

By: Impz

Impz — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:34:05 +0000

@VSky: It did go very well in fact. I fell sick during my trip to my gf though, but it is a good thing it only truly lasted for 1 day. She really had to take care of my health there.

@Kabitzin: Well, my belief is that most people’s choice awards has a problem with homeostatsis, or the reinforcement of status quo. I have a strong suspicion for that to happen, and it did. We will be doing just that, so no worries. We do value any feedback, or for anyone to usurp us and do the glamorous awards themselves.

@Shin: Trust me, I was like lolz what when I was seeing the progress of both awards. It’s just so queer to see us up there in the best manga blog.

@Drm: True, but I was expecting them that it does not fully follow the favorite script. It’s a sad thing that the people’s choice did, which is why the blogger’s choice will provide an interesting contrast.

By: Crisu

Crisu — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:29:13 +0000

I agree it’s great you had two separate votes like this, so we can see the contrast. DrmChsr0 said it right where pure popularity often equals visual appeal, especially on the Internet.

But congrats to all the winners so far!

By: DrmChsr0

DrmChsr0 — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 15:04:45 +0000

Popular vote = people voting for what impresses them visually.

So I’m not too surprised at the results.

By: Shin

Shin — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:25:36 +0000

Congrats to all the winners and THAT for winning Best Team, although I kinda went (ºдಠ)lolwut when I saw the result for Best Manga, hehe.

By: Kabitzin

Kabitzin — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:41:49 +0000

Thanks for jumping on this so quick Impz. I think most of the awards look fair, although the manga award did give me pause (as you mentioned). As this is the first award year, it makes sense that voters are considering past success. Also, popular blogs worked very hard to establish their fan bases, so there is no reason why they should not win.

You can simply say that no blog can win a certain award two years in a row to prevent UBER BLOG X from winning every year.