Comments on: RVA Blogs: clean up your act! A few friendly suggestions

By: Jason G.

Jason G. — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 04:30:37 +0000

I’m totally torn the more I think about this. I’d probably like like a channel, or an “a la cart” style menu of my favorite RVA Blogs, but I can barely commit to my Google reader. And I do like the serendipity of finding new and interesting posts (and people probably find my site that way too). I definitely recognize the tension there (cuz it led to the story that kicked this off).

On the other hand, I was kinda into the Tags thing and still put “food” on all of my food posts. Since my site is kinda eclectic (damn baby pictures and social justice causes!), it might not fit neatly into a category. Are the tags still in effect? The DCBlogs site uses categories, but I’m wondering if we’d have enough blogs to make the division/subdivision worthwhile. (http://dcblogs.com/index.php?page_id=590)

As an aside, I noticed that over 6,000 blogs in New York City are listed by Borough and subway stop (http://nycbloggers.com). Hey, at least at RVABlogs, Chesterfield and Henrico are forced to hang out with Richmond City (and vice versa).

By: john m

john m — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 19:29:34 +0000

If you could make your own “channel” in RVA Blogs, you could have that. THen RVA Blogs could suggest things to you based on what other similar channels, like Google Reader does but close.

By: wb

wb — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 14:27:15 +0000

Thanks, Jocelyn, I see it, although I have to admit: that’s a fairly paltry collection of links. I was thinking of something a little more comprehensive. The “community news” section right now seems to be dominated by four or five neighborhood blogs; but in addition to sites that cover the micro-issues, I was thinking of sites like this one right here, and saverichmond.com, and B&M, because John Sarvay writes a lot about local politics and, you know, city issues.

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By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 22:29:09 +0000

I think RVA Blogs needs a better search function. Whenever I try to search for something specific, the results are a mess.

I only check RVA Blogs once every few months now. It’s become clogged to the point where I do not find anything interesting to me on the first page. I’ve added any blogs I’ve found interesting in the past to my Google Reader just so I don’t have to check RVA Blogs.

By: Jocelyn

Jocelyn — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:45:29 +0000

Behold, the power of Meade.

By: Meade

Meade — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 07:42:22 +0000

Don’t tell me I’m the “religious zealot folk singer”. But while we’re at it, Merry CHRISTmas. Lets keep the Christ in Christmas.

God Bless !

By: thecheckoutgirl

thecheckoutgirl — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 04:58:05 +0000

Correcting myself: I see now that you can blacklist up to three blogs. That’s a start!

By: thecheckoutgirl

thecheckoutgirl — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 03:32:25 +0000

I really appreciate Ross for his regular dude-ness and what he has done for the local blogging community – i.e., effectively creating it.

I would love to be able to personalize RVA Blogs and choose which blogs I see upon visiting/signing in (which I assume would be a necessity, even though I am not tech savvy). A lot of work, I know, but as long as we are throwing out suggestions.

I am new to your blog, Matthew, but enjoyed this post and will definitely be poking around.

Happy Holidays, all.

By: Jocelyn

Jocelyn — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 23:58:41 +0000

wb – They have one on the RVAnews.com front page, at the bottom.