Comments on: How Dead is the OVN Blog?

By: evan

evan — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 22:13:21 +0000

this is off the front page now, but just in case anyone checks in:
i think Linda’s right that it’s a different kind of blog. i didnt mean to be bashing them, although perhaps the criticism would be “why are they blogging about non-discussion-starters?”
however, i think they DO have some good discussion starters (war, spanking, mining trucks, etc) that aren’t getting any attention. like i said in my original post, perhaps it’ll just take some time to build up an interactive audience.

By: Linda

Linda — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 19:03:14 +0000

Plus, they post a very different sort of blog – music and food a lot of the time…both of which aren’t really discussion generators. I think it’s kind of unfair to bash them or even try to compare them especially when using something as arbitrary as ‘comments’ for the parameter.

By: Lisa Snider

Lisa Snider — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 04:45:49 +0000

I dunno, I think there’s just a slightly different less interactive audience is all.

By: evan

evan — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 15:57:50 +0000

i should clarify, i think, that the statistics in my original post come from the “new posts” section of the blog. however, a cursory review of some of the other sections reveals much the same trend.

By: evan

evan — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 15:55:13 +0000

not at all, Dennis. in fact, i’ve linked right to it in my first paragraph above.
if you go to the OVN’s website (which was just redesigned and looks a little better than it has in the past), you can get to the blog by clicking directly beneath the two preview pics of this week’s paper. it says “Ojai’s blogspot” and points to the right, where there are four links to choose from.

By: Dennis Leary

Dennis Leary — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 13:58:52 +0000

I tried to get on the OVN blog once but failed. I assumed that I had to pay a subscripton fee. Is that true?