I've been blogging on WordPress (.org software not .com) for four years now. i would not say I'm an elite blogger, or even a "long- tail" blogger. I would say I'm the average blogger. I do not code, i just write. You should not make it more difficult for someone like me to switch over because you are targeting the elite, and frankly, targeting the elite never really seems to be the way to go. Sure, I have no problem touching my code to add things if i absolutely have to, but the point is, i shouldn't have to, and I think most people would not want to either.
On Aug 30, 11:09 am, "Michael Heilemann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 17:40, Randy Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Who is the "elite blogger" ? Why are we targeting him? Why does he care > > what goes on under the hood? > > I consider myself an 'elite' blogger, in the sense that I've been doing this > for 6-7 years, I've been deeply involved with the communities surrounding > the software I use, and I have a rather large userbase. > > If you convert me, I convert my site, and I tell not only my friends about > Habari, but also the thousands of readers I have. And with the experience I > have, and the weight I draw, what I've got to say about Habari matters more > than what my girlfriend might have to say, since she wouldn't have as many > readers (if she had a blog). It's like a celebrity endorsement really. > > If you convert a 'long-tail' blogger (to polarize the argument a bit), you > get one person and the 10-100 people that might read his/her blog. And > that's not a bad thing, but it's also not particularly efficient in terms of > spreading far and wide. > > Besides, the 'average' blogger is pretty comfortable with wordpress.com and > Typepad, and though it's easy, Habari ain't that. > > What I'm saying, is that when you get the 'top', it falls down. If you get > the 'bottom', it doesn't float up. > > Let's get all the people we can, but if we were to focus on one group, then > I'd go for the 'top'. > > > Living on a university campus, I see lots of students with MacBooks, iMacs, > > etc. And with the market share they have (at least here in the US), they are > > certainly not "elite". > > But who do they listen to? Who are their 'blogging' idols? Those are the > people we need to convince. > > -- > Michael Heilemannhttp://binarybonsai.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/habari-dev -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
