And Kottu delays

It's been close upon 6 hours now and I haven't seen any of my latest posts making it to the syndicated log of posts. But that doesn't mean my blog hasn't been read. Or does it? :)

Anyways.

Does it really matter if bloggers don't read your rants and reviews? There is a quota among us who blog for the sheer love of writing or the opportunity to vent.

But there are still others who sabbotage their own dignity by resorting to more underhand tactics to get hits/lure the reader (who glances through the posts on Kottu's blog roll) to take a look at their respective blogs.

One such blog was that of rehani's whose headlines screamed out a title that included NB's name.

On clicking on the link, what followed was her self-proclamation that is was just a ruse to get some attention. An innovative way of getting one's blog introduced to the blogspere I must say! However, I found her latest cartoon-inspired post rather funny :) especially considering the fact that both RD and NB are bigger than that. Rehani to her credit acknowledges her love for them both and signs out only to be accosted by "Anonymous" who bursts her "right click" bubble!

What I was TRYING to say however, is that we've all gotten a tad too dependent on Kottu for our readership. All with the exception of St. Fallen here who cites a variety of optional alternatives including Google Reader and Achcharu. His main area of concern is that the expansion of Kottu results in an obese result when it comes to what we get on our hands as readers and I must say, he has a valid point.

At the same time it's important to keep in mind the sensitivities of those whose blogs may not be "upto standard" in our opinion. You see it's really difficult to stand in judgment over another person's work mostly because there isn't a standard set by anyone here in the blogging world. Or maybe there is - it's just that we haven't gotten down to identifying it. Adherence to any standard would definitely isolate for example those whose English writing skills are not on par with others which in my opinion wouldn't be fair.

And then you have the trolls and the LATEST albeit annoying addition to the bandwagon, the trolls who TROLL on trolls :)I say annoying, because it seems like such a waste! A waste of space, a waste of URL, a waste of time.

While Indi forces his social acts down our throats these days :)(actually I seriously think he's doing a superb job going out there and working among the IDPs. It kind of makes us wonder what we're doing here in the comfort of our homes and offices) Cerno has been endorsing using the Sri Lanka’s Top 100 Blog Posts Book to raise money to help/rehabilitate internally displaced people (IDPs)

So there you have it. The trolls, the ones who perform noble acts, the newbies, the skeptics - the whole lot of them living under one Kottu roof.

Maybe it IS high time we down-sized just a little bit. Perhaps it would be good if we had an alternative haven we could re-direct the rejects to. Or am I being too classist as a blogger? I don't know :)

One thing I DO know is that the Kottu fraternity is a tightly knitted one that has gotten used to the cynic in-laws who occasionally attempt to disrupt the steady flow of interaction.

Finally, we all come in different shapes and sizes and I wonder if this Kottu plate is enough for us all..