Comments on: Controversy with Elle France-Wikio Best Bloggers List http://ontheweb.kimvallee.com/2008/12/controversy-with-elle-france-wikio-best-bloggers-list/ A Guide to Social Media for Bloggers Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:56:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: gerlivE http://ontheweb.kimvallee.com/2008/12/controversy-with-elle-france-wikio-best-bloggers-list/#comment-4921 gerlivE Sun, 17 May 2009 22:21:53 +0000 http://ontheweb.kimvallee.com/?p=54#comment-4921 eh... amazing. eh… amazing.

]]> By: On the Web with Kim Vallee » Blog Archive » Happiness and Women on the Web Statistics http://ontheweb.kimvallee.com/2008/12/controversy-with-elle-france-wikio-best-bloggers-list/#comment-9 On the Web with Kim Vallee » Blog Archive » Happiness and Women on the Web Statistics Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:56:14 +0000 http://ontheweb.kimvallee.com/?p=54#comment-9 [...] Note:  Follow-up to the post about Elle France/WIKIO Best Bloggers list. [...] [...] Note:  Follow-up to the post about Elle France/WIKIO Best Bloggers list. [...]

]]> By: <fb:name linked="false" useyou="false" uid="636748409">Jerome Paradis</fb:name> http://ontheweb.kimvallee.com/2008/12/controversy-with-elle-france-wikio-best-bloggers-list/#comment-4 Jerome Paradis Tue, 23 Dec 2008 03:59:48 +0000 http://ontheweb.kimvallee.com/?p=54#comment-4 Interesting idea. "Top X Influencers" articles make nice headlines. But, a good question is who are these influencers influencing? Interesting idea.

“Top X Influencers” articles make nice headlines. But, a good question is who are these influencers influencing?

]]> By: Michelle Sullivan http://ontheweb.kimvallee.com/2008/12/controversy-with-elle-france-wikio-best-bloggers-list/#comment-2 Michelle Sullivan Sat, 20 Dec 2008 17:37:46 +0000 http://ontheweb.kimvallee.com/?p=54#comment-2 Thank for for this thoughtful and thought-provoking post, Kim. Having spoken with you about this subject and reading you now, I realize that you're totally right about me (and perhaps others) missing the point. I have a personal distaste for rankings (je trouve les classements réducteurs) and detested the idea that a publication would present the top women bloggers as _exclusively_ from traditional categories. The point I indeed missed is that my frustration isn't so much with the rankings as with the limited scope of the publication itself. As you say, they were speaking to their niche. Until you reminded me, I'd forgotten that that niche simply isn't mine. I'm still not thrilled with Elle, but am encouraged to see that the Elle controversy has encouraged bloggers to create their own directories of women bloggers - such s that of Fadhila Brahimi - directories that show us that the range of topics covered by women who blog are as diverse as the interests of those individuals. Congratulations on the launch of this new blog, Kim - you're living proof that women are multidimensional and have something interesting to contribute to the discussion around tech. Thank for for this thoughtful and thought-provoking post, Kim. Having spoken with you about this subject and reading you now, I realize that you’re totally right about me (and perhaps others) missing the point. I have a personal distaste for rankings (je trouve les classements réducteurs) and detested the idea that a publication would present the top women bloggers as _exclusively_ from traditional categories.

The point I indeed missed is that my frustration isn’t so much with the rankings as with the limited scope of the publication itself. As you say, they were speaking to their niche.

Until you reminded me, I’d forgotten that that niche simply isn’t mine.

I’m still not thrilled with Elle, but am encouraged to see that the Elle controversy has encouraged bloggers to create their own directories of women bloggers – such s that of Fadhila Brahimi – directories that show us that the range of topics covered by women who blog are as diverse as the interests of those individuals.

Congratulations on the launch of this new blog, Kim – you’re living proof that women are multidimensional and have something interesting to contribute to the discussion around tech.

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