“writer’s blogs and friends, and finding organization without labeling; Blogshare and my belief in capitalistic pigdom”
Every now and then I go through the links listed here and cull out inactive links, or move things around a bit, usually resulting in the addition of new categories. But it’s often a tough decision—there are very interesting sites under Writing, and serious writers under Very Interesting, and sometimes duplicates to ensure both views of a blog is presented properly as to its nature, and when do you start calling writing Literature?
Please, if you’re listed in the wrong spot, let me know and I will remedy the situation.
Another point that’s relative to Typelists is that while I eagerly looked forward to playing upon the fantasy stock market of Blogshares (since I have prohibited myself from going near the real thing again for a while) I find that Spinning as an investment is a dud, and while I know how to turn it into a very valuable stock on the market, it is in direct conflict with Spinning’s purpose and interests.
In other words, while incoming links bring the value up, outgoing links by sheer number divide that value. If there were 25 incoming links at a total value of $10,000 with 4 outgoing links, the resulting value of that blog would be $2,500. Similarly, if the same 25 links of value of $10,000 show a total of 50 outgoing links, that blog is worth $200.
So, despite my greedy capitalistic nature and good head for business, you all get to stay put on the home page. And every time I mention your blog in a post, that devalues the share price of Spinning on Blog Shares, but I believe it is both a wise investment and in fact, adds a value to Spinning that is much, much more important over all.
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It is my understanding that adding a link doesn’t decrease the share price, but instead devalues the out-going link value (i.e., how much value a link from you would add to another’s site.)
A site’s value is comprised almost entirely of incoming links. Stock price is more complex, involving scarcity and previous actions, but tends to stay within the narrow confines of certain PE ratios (PE is a ratio of value and price, high price and low value = high p.e. and a stock that will probably drop the next time an exchange is made.)
Of course, I could be wrong, and the change of management of blogshares might have resulted in a shift.
Oooh, you are a sneaky one, Ben! You bought some Spinning stock and drove the price up out of my reach. And here I wanted to be a wholly-owned family business. Tsk-tsk. But I think you are right in your explanation, and perhaps this is why I never should have gotten into the REAL stock market back in 2000. Thanks!