Tech Mentat

A, B, C-List Ya’ Later! Definition of a C-List Blogger.

March 23, 2007 – 12:00 am

With so much drama in the LBC (Lower-Tier Blogger Community), it’s kind of hard being… well… comfortable about blogging.

But rest well my friends. Today I found out (via Kineda) that I am a C-List Blogger and I couldn’t be more happy. Sure, A-List Bloggers get to enjoy the riches, the woman, the notoriety, but C-List Bloggers enjoy much more unseen (quiet) benefits. For instance, C-List Bloggers can comment harshly on anyone’s blog without notice or say incredibly stupid things, make completely conflicting arguments and settle on using a WordPress template instead of customizing their blog AND NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW. A-Listers can only dream of that kind of anonymity.

But I know what you’re thinking (and by “you,” I mean the 3 people that actually read this blog), what is a C-List Blogger? Well, Kineda explains that a C-List Blogger is:
“The Middle Authority Group [C-List Bloggers]
(10-99 blogs linking in the last 6 months)
This contrasts somewhat with the second group, which enjoys an average age not much older than the first at 260 days and which posts 50% more frequently than the first. There is a clear correlation between posting volume and Technorati authority ranking.”

While Kineda does a great job of defining the C-List Blogger, I feel they don’t quite hit the heart of what it means to be a C-List Blogger and thus I have compiled a list of characteristics that I believe define the C-List Blogger. Any hey… who better to define C-List Blogger than a proud C-Lister? Here’s how I would define a bona fide C-List Blogger:

• Probably works as an in-house web marketer at a startup
• Probably works way too many hours for what he/she is being paid
• Might have a slight drinking problem
• Occasionally comes home from work and spends too much time on Facebook searching for old college “friends”
• Might have deeper thoughts that are never verbalized (see first three points)
• Lives in the past (very nostalgic) and has a hard time taking advantage of the present
• Wonders why he/she/it ever starting blogging in the first place
• Is constantly coming up with cute post ideas but then never has time to finish them
• Definitely has a drinking problem
• Has a wife and/or partner
• Potentially is socially inept, even on the web
• Is convinced none of his/her ideas are worth posting

Please add to the list as you see fit. Here’s looking out for my movement from a comfortable C-Lister to a bastardly A-Lister. Look out Hollywood!