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Category: Weblogs • Weirdness
Posted on: November 21, 2006 10:02 AM, by PZ Myers
By way of Feministing, here's a rather irritating tool to rank your site for it's "bloglebrity". It's pink and it's illustrated with a photo of Paris Hilton.
I hate it. Here, I've fixed it.
You can add your own photo of Barbara McClintock or Rosalind Franklin to the background.
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I tried it, and it says I'm a D list blogger. Wahhhhh!!! There goes my chances of being the mext Mark Steyn. Well, okay, I'd also have to be a narrowminded git as well, but still....
Posted by: tim gueguen | November 21, 2006 10:11 AM
Hey, I got a Paris Hilton myself. Will not post on my blog, A-list or not!
Posted by: coturnix | November 21, 2006 10:14 AM
Isn't Celeblogger a better word. Bloglebrity makes my tounge fall out on the table and cringe in pain.
Posted by: Magnus | November 21, 2006 10:15 AM
Paris Hilton huh?
I'd do it, but I really don't think that my blog would be accentuated with the inevitable Rhea Perlman ranking that I'd get.....
:P
Posted by: Mike | November 21, 2006 10:22 AM
I know I'm supposed to despise Paris Hilton.
Posted by: Stephen Erickson | November 21, 2006 10:32 AM
Everybody gets Paris Hilton (there's a metaphor there, that floozy). You just get different letters in the pink puffy star.
Posted by: PZ Myers | November 21, 2006 10:34 AM
What a dumb rating system! Why the heck would anyone want to display a grade of "C" or "D" on their blog on a big poofy Barbie star?
"Look Mom, I got a D!!!" Hello?
Posted by: Jenn | November 21, 2006 10:56 AM
Zeta-list? That has connotations of the alien conspiracy theories doesn't it?
Posted by: andy | November 21, 2006 11:16 AM
I'm apparently a B-list blogger. No picture of Paris Hilton for me, though - I got some unidentified female celebrity about to slam some guy's head into a parking meter.
Seriously.
I don't know if my B-list status means I should be slammed headfirst into things, or if I get to kick ass and take names, or if people should put change into my blog.
Posted by: The Disgruntled Chemist | November 21, 2006 11:17 AM
"Celeblogger" (it sounds like Quenya)? "Bloglebrity"?
I thought that concept already had a word: "Blogstar".
Posted by: MartÃn Pereyra | November 21, 2006 12:24 PM
` So, is this like, how popular it is or something?
Posted by: Spoony Quine | November 21, 2006 12:26 PM
If you get a D-list ranking it should include a picture of Kathy Griffin.
Posted by: jackd | November 21, 2006 12:29 PM
I tried it, and it says I'm a D list blogger.
I'm a C-list blogger. Oh well...
Posted by: rlrr | November 21, 2006 12:44 PM
Am I the only person who can't help but think of Alex Louis Armstrong, the Strong-Arm Alchemist, when I see that first icon?
Posted by: grendelkhan | November 21, 2006 12:51 PM
Don't you all mean blagebrity?
grendel: I didn't at first, but yeah. Totally.
PZ's blogging skills have been passed down through his family for generations!
Posted by: Joshua | November 21, 2006 1:02 PM
Whooo! C-list blogger, baby!
Posted by: Jeff Fecke | November 21, 2006 1:26 PM
Is there anything lower than D-list? If so, should I be celebrating?
Posted by: AustinAtheist | November 21, 2006 1:56 PM
In public opinion polls, athiests are worse off than even D-list bloggers. :)
Posted by: Rick @ shrimp and grits | November 21, 2006 2:32 PM
athiests should, of course, be atheists.
I blame either the sleep deprivation or the pain of looking at puffy, pink stars with letters in them.
Posted by: Rick @ shrimp and grits | November 21, 2006 2:36 PM
I checked and got C-list... perfect. Now the principle won't notice me and I can just slide on by until graduation. Wait... that was 40 years ago? Crap, where did the time go?!!
Posted by: decrepitoldfool | November 21, 2006 2:45 PM
In public opinion polls, athiests are worse off than even D-list bloggers. :)
I'll take that as a no, I should not be celebrating. :p
Posted by: AustinAtheist | November 21, 2006 2:54 PM
I got C-list.
...Who's Paris Hilton?
Posted by: Bronze Dog | November 21, 2006 3:28 PM
Does GWB have a blog? He might proudly display a "C".
Posted by: Rick @ shrimp and grits | November 21, 2006 3:39 PM
LOL again! You're milking this glyph for all it's worth!
Posted by: Elayne Riggs | November 21, 2006 4:29 PM
I posted it. Frankly, I'm shocked I'm on any list.
Posted by: JackGoff | November 21, 2006 4:48 PM
Are we just supposed to do ours?
Overwhelming Evidence D-List
Uncommon Descent B-List
Mindful Hack D-List
Amused Muse C-List (damn!)
At least I'm honest. And I could be the (blogging) president.
And I have intelligence that UD is developing spurt-free cherry Bizmarcks. I have a plan.
Posted by: Kristine | November 21, 2006 5:15 PM
I would have gone with
bAlist
Posted by: SpringheelJ | November 21, 2006 5:29 PM
Huh. I'm a C-List blogger. I thought for sure I'd have the Z-List all to myself...
Posted by: Wally Whateley | November 21, 2006 9:24 PM
I totally thought that was really dumb too. I should have made that clearer in my post. Boo to Paris, BOO!
Posted by: Samhita | November 22, 2006 10:21 PM