Michael Heileman begs us to pay attention to noteworthiness. This brings up the time-worn question: in whose eyes is it noteworthy? Peter Welle’s John Larroquette Project has a Best Of… category that Peter hand-selects. Is that the way to do it? Should we use something like a measure of popularity, like Alex King’s award-winning Popularity Contest plugin?
Me, I’m just prone to link backwards to old entries and leave that as it is; frankly, I can’t be bothered to hand-pick stuff as Peter does [although I appreciate that amount of editorial care]—I’d rather be writing, really. However, I also know that what many writers feel are personally wonderful efforts are the entries that no one ever responds to, so while the concept is great, a plan for implementation is, perhaps, lacking … at least on a universal end. It’s probably best that There’s More Than One Way to Do It. :shrug:
It’s been a constant enigma to me in blogging that often the entries I spend the most time on and I feel are my best crafted get the fewest comments.
I feel the same way as the Sage, but I suppose one man’s trash is another man’s treasure.
I’d personally like to see a popularity plugin on JLP to see which posts folks are gabbing about the most. More often than not, the comment stream is just as hilarious as the post.
It’d just take Peter activating it, man.
Geof, please advise and I’ll do so.
Done, Peter.