… is up at Real Estate Investing For Real — but don’t blink or you’ll miss it. Only four posts are cited this week, because Joshua Dworkin elected to impose a judging standard that — in my opinion — has nothing to do with real estate weblogging. Not sour grapes on my part: We went with a Russell Shaw entry this week.
But the simple fact is, as much as we might talk about wanting to appeal to consumers (not so much here, of course), the audience for real estate weblogs consists of real estate professionals: Realtors, lenders, appraisers, investors, vendors and technologists.
All weblogs are written by and for fanatics, and, with few exceptions — one of whom we will introduce to you tomorrow — there are very few fanatical real estate consumers. Swallow hard and get used to it.
Last week, someone at CoRE HQ had the idea of citing all the losing posts. I hated the idea at the time — too much like a “Participation” ribbon at the Special Olympics — but I don’t hate it quite as much this week. I’m grateful for the opportunity to see what I missed.
I’ll tip my hat to Joshua Dworkin for hewing to his own standards — even as I pray that no one copies them…
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Paul E. Math says:
Again, Greg Swann, you show your lack of class by making a disparaging remarking about the Special Olympics. That’s good – make fun of people who cannot stick up for themselves. You have no class, no compassion, no humanity.
I continue to feel for you a mixture of pity and contempt. Today, thanks to that off-hand remark about the Special Olympics, I am feeling much more contempt.
How does anyone do business with this man? Does anyone actually do business with this man?
November 27, 2006 — 5:14 pm
Greg Swann says:
> make fun of people who cannot stick up for themselves
What do you think you’re here for…?
November 27, 2006 — 6:19 pm
Brian Brady says:
As a bi-weekly loser, I am overjoyed to be cited.
November 27, 2006 — 10:50 pm
teresa boardman says:
I see your point but was thrilled to have a real estate type post published. When I submitted it I figured I would not have a chance.
November 28, 2006 — 6:17 am
Greg Swann says:
> I see your point but was thrilled to have a real estate type post published.
Indeed, and I don’t mean to take anything away from the winners. I really enjoyed your post. Someday I think I should write about the incredible generosity of smokers: More than a dime a cigarette and yet they share their smoke with everyone!
November 28, 2006 — 6:42 am
Joshua Dorkin says:
Greg –
The carnival this week was about real estate, not blogging. You’re right that the audience of blogs is varied, but the carnival of real estate implies that the carnival is about real estate, not real estate technology. There is a definite distinction.
While I appreciate the tip of your hat, I hope people continue to follow my lead and return the focus of the carnival to real estate.
One more thing – my last name is Dorkin, not Dworkin.
December 1, 2006 — 2:12 am
Greg Swann says:
> The carnival this week was about real estate, not blogging. You’re right that the audience of blogs is varied, but the carnival of real estate implies that the carnival is about real estate, not real estate technology.
I simply disagree. Blog carnivals are about what the apposite weblogs are doing — narrowed by category, yes, but not down to minutiae. Real estate is a very broad category. I fought very hard to keep the definition of real estate from becoming so broad as to be meaningless. I see your argument as having the same effect from the opposite direction.
December 1, 2006 — 6:44 am