Bloggie Awards

January 25, 2007 10:51 PM

I haven't seen anything about this yet, but Metafilter is nominated for a Bloggie this year in the "Best Community Weblog" category.
posted by sperose to MetaFilter-Related at 10:51 PM (15 comments total)

Ranty comment about inappropriateness of many nominations and about pointlessness of awards in general, ineffectively veiling jealousy and bitterness at not having special snowflake status reinforced
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 11:35 PM on January 25, 2007

They just need to quit it with this pointless nomination shit and just get it over with and declare MeFi the One True King, Sovereign, and Ultimate Winner of the Internets For All Time.

Nominations. Heh. Like it's a fucking democracy or something. It's a fucking pwnage, more like.
posted by loquacious at 11:43 PM on January 25, 2007 [1 favorite]

I always secretly hope I'm one of the special finalist-choosing committee but it hasn't happened. Otherwise I love the bloggies, even though there's always some dumb finalists there are also always cool new blogs to be discovered (I try to read all the blogs in a category before I vote). Still, I nominated some awesome blogs that didn't make it through.
posted by shelleycat at 11:48 PM on January 25, 2007

Can I blow my nose in a BLOGGIE™?
posted by ikkyu2 at 12:00 AM on January 26, 2007

Isn't the "Bloggie" statue a coil of pointy metal bits with text stamped on them?

I suppose you could blow your nose in that if you don't mind the free lobotomy that came with it.
posted by loquacious at 12:28 AM on January 26, 2007

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posted by The God Complex at 12:48 AM on January 26, 2007

What strange competition. Other than digg they are very very narrow communities.
posted by srboisvert at 3:25 AM on January 26, 2007

One of my main memories of 2006 will be the invasion of Lebanon. Like thousands of people all over the world, I spent those days obsessively reading Mazen Kerbaj's blog. To laugh and cry at his drawings, read his commentary, listen to his music, and, well, make sure he was still alive. It was a constant reminder that it wasn't just politics; actual human lives were in play.

When I realized Kerbaj was nowhere on this list, I got so mad I actually threw up a little.
posted by roll truck roll at 3:30 AM on January 26, 2007

I'll never forget last years Bloggies. We all sat in the first two rows as the nominations were read, holding hands and biting our lower lips. Matt still had a little juice from his prime rib dribbling down his chin but it didn't matter - he had reached the apex of blogger recognition. Anticipation turned to disappointment however as Boing Boing snagged the award right out from under us.
posted by KevinSkomsvold at 7:05 AM on January 26, 2007

Advance memo to our competitor PostSecret.
posted by mediareport at 7:29 AM on January 26, 2007

Oh, poop, that's not gonna work if you haven't gone to PostSecret first, right? It's the Scrabble one.
posted by mediareport at 7:30 AM on January 26, 2007

I always secretly hope I'm one of the special finalist-choosing committee but it hasn't happened.

Well, I was this year, but still, there are MANY panelists, and very few of my choices got through. I didn't have a say about the community blog category, though.
posted by easternblot at 2:04 PM on January 26, 2007

Sorry, Metafilter, but Oh No They Didn't totally has my vote. Maybe next year.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 6:32 PM on January 26, 2007 [1 favorite]

Remember the first year… best group or community weblog, best programming and best tagline. Oh! and Dave interfering?
posted by tellurian at 6:36 AM on January 27, 2007

I have no idea why that's all in bold.
posted by tellurian at 6:37 AM on January 27, 2007