Tag: ABA

Why the ABA can do no wrong?

Posted by Ryan A - April 5, 08

… and what the blogging community can do right. I know I stated my next post would address this, but it is this one instead, and it will actually be pretty quick.

One of the foremost arguments against the ABA I’ve read about would be that the “popular will prevail.” Whether that is true or not will be seen, but I don’t see why not participate; we [blogoids] can make this true or not, but it isn’t easy. We all are in and out of different blogs but usually stick to some “regulars” (the ones I aggregate are in Recommended). Doesn’t that seem quite confined though?

Fine Fine Fine ConfinementSome confinement is sexy… thank you Oikawa

There are so many more blogs out there, especially off AB.net, I’ve known it, and I think it’s a universal feeling, since that is how the Internet is (infinite information). I do feel blogs with the most regulars will get the most attention in the awards, but it is an open invitation for expansion. I went back to animeblogawards.com the other night, and decided that my power is limited, but I will go regulare on a some of these nominated blogs. Why not? I mean one of these nominated blogs could be the next best thing to baby-making, relatively speaking.

Shana and BabiesSpeaking of babies… she still wants answers

I don’t know how the awards may fair, but it will be interesting to find interest without premise. It’s the one thing I can do that may turn the predictable outcome, to something of vigor and flare. The more bloggers go “off their reservation” the more fiery things will get.

Here’s to some hott awards. *sakebombz*

Ryan A

edit: I should have checked some recent stuffs, lolikitsune and Josh have recent related posts.

ABA, not Abba

Posted by Ryan A - April 3, 08

Red

The other day I read an Impz post regarding the AnimeBlogAwards, and I have to say I agree with his answer arguments, but I would like to state my case. I heard and read a bunch of hubbub about the event, but I took Bogart’s words in the short, “Frankly my dear, I just don’t give a damn.” I had nothing against it, merely indifference.

So one eve I was hanging out in #animeblogger, and suddenly Impz was all over my shit with why I’m not participating, in a good way. Anyway, I hadn’t even been to the site, so I received the email like everyone else, and went to signup. Why? Well, it was Impz in particular, he had a somewhat excited aura at that moment and naturally I was interested.

I spent very little time there, made my suggestions, and that was it. Glancing over the categories, it wasn’t about me or this AloeDreamBlog, for I didn’t find it fitting any of the cats [in respect to anime or manga]. My visit was about the blogs I read as a blogger, and that is a crucial point, because it seems there is better mutuality among the anime bloggers now than there was when I originally started (Autumn 2006). Are more bloggers reading blogs? I think so.

Perhaps there are more blogs to be read, more connections being made in IRC, whatever, but the community is always getting stronger. I feel the ABA doesn’t detract from this strengthening, but it doesn’t necessarily add vigor either because it is up to blogger and readers to see what lies in all those nominated sites. If this doesn’t happen, well, things proceed normally, but there isn’t any stimulation from the nominations.

My next post will concern this, and I will again be sharing my take on why, the ABA can do nothing wrong, but the community can do everything right, so what do I do?

Ryan A

ps. Impz wasn’t really “all over my shit” it was totally a casual suggestion.