Frankly, I don't think that has anything to do with whether we target the elite or not.
Many bloggers with huge audiences would just as soon not touch a line of code. Elite != developers On Aug 30, 2008, at 4:24 PM, shep wrote: > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
