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« "HOOYAH" | Main | Comments - RINOs » July 17, 2005
More on the Kossacks
Posted by Bill Last week I outlined the general reasons why, despite its immense traffic numbers, the Daily Kos is a politically ineffective site that merely serves to poison the internet with nasty discourse. On the same wavelength, Dean Barnett of the Daily Standard supplies a more thorough analysis: Theories abound for why the Daily Kos has left the right-wing blogosphere so far in the dust. One plausible explanation is that the Daily Kos has engendered a tremendous sense of community amongst it audience/contributors. While conservative blogs remain for the most part virtual op-ed columns (with the notable exception of Charles Johnson's Little Green Footballs), the Daily Kos has become a virtual family which allows readers to write their own blogs-within-the-blog (called diaries) and to engage in limitless amounts of commenting. Whatever the reason, there is nothing like the Daily Kos on the web--it is a phenomenon and the unquestioned leader of the blogs. Talk about hitting the nail on the head. Read the whole thing. Posted by Bill at July 17, 2005 08:50 AM | TrackBack (1) CommentsI think dKos's traffic is vastly overstated. Look at the sitemeter logs-- about a third of the referrals are from dailykos.com. Sounds like the way it's set up, it does lots of double-counting. Posted by: John Tabin I wonder if Craig is going to bust in here and tell us all the reasons that we're wrong and that Markos is really a nice guy and that we're just evil conservatives who are immune to the facts, and it's the left that offers the best alternatives to national defense. One thing that particularly drove me out of the Left: Marx predicted that centralizing all power to the state would create a classless utopia. Whoops. Liberals told us that massive aid and housing programs would preserve poor families. Whoops. Ralph Nader told us there was no substantive difference between Al Gore and George Bush. Huh. Noam Chomsky told us that our invasion of Afghanistan would create famine and millions would die. Robert Fisk told us that Bagdhad would be a smoking heap of ashes. For being the reality based community, the left has a 150+ year track record of being catastrophically wrong. Posted by: BadLiberal "Theories abound for why the Daily Kos has left the right-wing blogosphere so far in the dust." -it has? "One plausible explanation is that the Daily Kos has engendered a tremendous sense of community amongst its audience/contributors. While conservative blogs remain for the most part virtual op-ed columns (with the notable exception of Charles Johnson's Little Green Footballs), the Daily Kos has become a virtual family" -if your family is a ghoulish socialist experiment, well, yes, then. traffic counters are amazingly inefficient, and what counts are initial hits, not re-hits.
Posted by: Glenn Bowen Bill, what concerns me is that there's a kind of Gresham's Law involved. As Kos's numbers, power, and influence rises do the fortunes of the whole left blogosphere rise? I don't think that's what I'm seeing. Posted by: Dave Schuler Just one question before you censor this post in typical GOP craveness... Does it always take a democrat to win wars in this country? Win record: DEM: WWI, WWII, Kosovo Loss record: DEM: None For a bunch of chickenhawks, you all have a pretty lousy record. Posted by: Vote Hillary 2008 at July 19, 2005 04:01 PM Have you guys polled on the use of the word shrill? Is it really that effective? Can't you just let one person use it? I've read left and right wing blogs, they're shrillness is equal. Posted by: Evil at July 19, 2005 04:46 PM |
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