I think that is certainly a subject that can change peoples lives.

Isn’t this about people?
All the technology is not that useful unless we bloggers actually reach out, post, comment and relate to each other.

I guess when forming the Blogdom, the owner had to pick some technology – so it was the TTLB. N.Z. Bear, like many has provided a service to the blogosphere and he deserves a thank you for all his hard work.
So do all the others that take time to develop the shareware and tools we use.

Well, what seems cheesy is not the aggregators or TTLB, but really just that fact that TTLB seems to matter to some people. I use it as a tool to sometimes find sites that are discussing my articles but don’t have enough traffic to really register on my occasional referral-checking.

That’s the question – not whether Hugh does it, or not ”

That would be because I save the truly transformative, Holy Spirit-inspired stuff for my paying gigs.

Actually, I cited Hugh because he writes in “In, But Not Of” about blogging as a way of influencing the culture for Christ, and as a result, he has inspired a whole cadre of “blog-children.” Joe Carter at The Evangelical Outpost is one example.

And while I think the medium is a good way to engage people in dialogue about issues, it’s just as likely to be a place where we just air our preconceived notions and debate each other in ways that as often as not result in a net increase in our alienation.

Here is my 2c
You have high expectations for bloggers there Razorkiss.
Why?
Just everyday people aren’t worried about being a professional pundit or evangelizing like a mega church minister.
Many just wrestle with their faith, share, allow God to work in them and don’t count scalps, hits or rankings.

Mike has done a great deal to reach well past his corner of the country, and engage in excellent discussion with ministers and bloggers from other countries. He has made serious attempts to understand the rest of us. He has done a great deal in practising the relational aspects of blogging. It isn’t about winning. Many of us appreciate him for that because we’ve all learned.
We tend not to mistake his modesty for anything less than it is.:^)

So, why aren’t you writing things that have the potential to do so?

That’s the question – not whether Hugh does it, or not

**Out of curiosity, I went to TTLB and checked out where I stand in the rankings. If links counted for anything, I would be ranked 495th in the Ecosystem as of yesterday, 467th today. However, in terms of traffic, I am ranked 2,569th based on 48 visits/day, 51 visits/day if you check the current Site Meter data.

So what do all these blogging alliances gain us? Probably not a whole lot. It’s a mixed bag. Every time I have hooked up with one of these groups, my traffic goes up. But doubling nothing still gets you nothing. When the day is done, not too many people find what I have to say about things all that interesting. If ten people comment on anything in a week, it’s been a great week, and there haven’t too many of those weeks over the past six months.**

**So, perhaps Bene’s right. All we’re doing is setting up one more way to sell out to the culture’s values. The Ecosystem — the Nielsen Ratings of the Blogosphere. Determining whose site is worth selling an ad on.

But you say you’re in it to influence the surrounding culture. Puh-leeze. When was the last time Hugh Hewitt blogged anything that significantly transformed anyone’s life? When was the last time I blogged anything that significantly transformed anyone’s life?

There — now THAT oughta get you folks all in a dither! Comment on that!**