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Are women better bloggers or just darned better conversationalists than men?
I have previously bemoaned here the number of comments I get versus the high numbers female bloggers achieve. I have a conspiracy theory about this phenomenon but will save that up for a rainy day.
Suffice to say that female bloggers attract the males in droves and their blogging ’sisters’ by the dozens. Is it a thing like what happens when women have a baby? Do they tend to group under a common denominator like parenthood OR is it simply a matter of interest and personality attraction?.
Dave Duarte takes this matter a stage further. Go read his article here
Do women blog more and better than men?
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Can I say again what I said to your last post about the subject….Definitely has something to do with the size of my chest, I reckon!
I will also cut-and-paste here part of my theory that I said to Dave D on my (1st) 99-comment post…. If you banter in other people’s blogs & reply quickly to people’s comments, they realise that you have a slow day/ job and so know they can engage in a form of conversation with someone out there. Also, the more lighthearted the topic, the greater the ability to open up the way for lighthearted quick commenting by readers. Women’s blogs often lean towards the more day-to-day & light hearted. I find on my more serious postings, the commenting numbers are fewer. When you are at a job it takes time to think up a suitable reply.
Maybe people just know that, in general, many girls accept all comments, will reply to you no matter what, doubtfully will judge you at first but rather befriend you & be happy for the comment. SA girls were brought up to be this way. This may be on a superficial level, but blogs might perhaps be just that - a superficial realm. I think we are still deciding. Guys’ blogs often seem to be looking for witty intelligence or thoughtful insight into a subject. (Nothing like some generalising going on here!)
Girls are also maybe just better atuned to developing friendships faster, and know immediately that if you keep an eye on a commenter’s blog & comment on theirs daily/ weekly too, a recipicol friendship is built.
Maybe we just are better at multi-tasking between work & blogging! (Augh, that’s a generalisation I HATE though. Mainly because I suck at multi-tasking!)
Or that we just know how to charm the pants (silence) off of you.
Or that guys are constantly looking to score…if even in the anon blog world!!
I agree with Champs here. We’re more open to simply meeting people and chatting online (although sometimes in the most inane ways) I find that often male bloggers don’t comment back on their own sites, whereas women are more inclined to.
Champers
Good points and by far the wordiest comment you have made her which is thoroughly appreciated.
Jam
Welcome to iScatterlings and many thanks for the comment. You too desrve a linkbadge on the totem pole for you participation. What Jam are you? Lucky, Apricot, Raspberry, Blackcurrant, Banana, Peach or Pear?
Are you saying that we males are too reserved to be open in a virtual world? I think it’s not so. We clam up in the real world and find release in this virtual one. Surely this is true/
This is a bit of a generalisation, but I think women look for the same kind of relationships on the internet as in everyday life, while men on the internet are usually topic driven/guided. Women blog about/read blogs about everyday life, relationships, work and so on, men - well, maybe not as much.
Dont start throwing stuff at me yet. I know I’m generalising here, but I think I’m talking about a trend not a pattern.
Oh and I agree with Champers re quick and genuine feedback keeping readers interested and coming back for more.
Well I totally disagree
Thanks for the badge, Rob. I’ve never really considered what kind of Jam I am. Perhaps Raspberry. But I’m stewed, for sure.
I was generalising there - I do find that men do talk more openly in comments online than they do in reality. I think anonymity suits you guys on some level.
Rob - I will keep up my good work!
(Now that I have commented, this is where you go to my blog, read my posting, and tell me something like of course that guy saved my number under “Very Sexy Girl”… I will train you yet into the art of the blog commenting)
Jam
Thanks for the comments. Are you still stewing?
The short answer is most probably, ‘yes’ and all of those who have responded before me have offered you good insight into the ‘why’, although there are exceptions - don’t you just love nuance.
The only analogy that instantly springs to mind is the difference in the way men and women shop: men like focus, ‘m here to buy…’ and we will also buy stuff from pretty women who give us person assistance.
Women, like to browse, to make chit-chat, to try things on, to enjoy the experience although I suspect that they to have a plan.
Juxtaposed onto blogging commentary? Men, leave comments for a purpose, woomen, enjoy the experience and commentary and reciprocation makes it all the more rewarding I guess?
And yes I still don’t have the gall, or the inclination, or the spam buster to open up the discourse on my site just yet.
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