{"id":143,"date":"2010-06-19T19:34:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-19T19:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/americanbuddhist\/2010\/06\/blogisattva-pros-and-cons\/"},"modified":"2010-06-19T19:34:00","modified_gmt":"2010-06-19T19:34:00","slug":"blogisattva-pros-and-cons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/americanbuddhist\/2010\/06\/blogisattva-pros-and-cons.html","title":{"rendered":"Blogisattva Pros and Cons"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>
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This week Nate from Precious Metal<\/a> and Kyle of the Reformed Buddhist<\/a> announced the revival of the Blogisattva Awards<\/a>. Tom Armstrong<\/a>, of many blogs over the years, first conceived of the awards and has given his blessing and assistance in this new incarnation of the awards. *Full disclosure: I received 2 Blogisattvas in 2008 and one in 2006. I was also a judge in \u201908 and if I remember correctly, we (judges) simply did not cast votes\/points for our own blogs to remove any possibility of ego-bias. See a full chart of past winners and nominees here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The announcement has brought out a range of responses from fellow bloggers; mostly concerns about the effects of an\u00a0award\u00a0<\/i>in the selfless world of Buddho-bloggers. Perhaps the most telling was Scott\u2019s from the buddha is my dj<\/a>, with the headline \u201ci\u2019m number one?\u201d and caption, \u201cWhat if the Blogisattvas<\/a> turn us all into this?\u201d*<\/p>\n

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NellaLou at Smiling Buddha Cabaret wrote:<\/div>\n

I am rather ambivalent about these kinds of things as I somewhat snarked back in 2008 in the post\u00a0The Buddhist Contest<\/span><\/a>. The lip is still slightly curled at the resurgence but am setting that aside for the most part and considering who to nominate\u2026\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

These kinds of popularity contests don\u2019t often have much by way of criteria other than being \u201cfriends\u201d with someone or a lot of blog stats for whatever reason. The content, care and time taken to do the work is pretty irrelevant. (Yes I am feeling a bit cynical today) This is exactly why I want to at least give my nomination process that kind of consideration.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

She goes on to raise some good questions that surely will be considered by Nate and Kyle and others involved in the process.<\/p>\n

Nate, for his part, posted this on Thursday<\/a>:<\/p>\n

As the founder of the Blogisattvas [Tom] himself said, they are intended to shed light on bloggers who\u2019s ability to write insightful articles impact the buddho-blogosphere.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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