The Bloggies – Greg Laden's Blog

The Bloggies – Greg Laden's Blog https://gregladen.com/blog Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:50:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 https://i0.wp.com/gregladen.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Greg_Ladens_Blog_Favicon_black_GLb.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 The Bloggies – Greg Laden's Blog https://gregladen.com/blog 32 32 77525483 The Bloggies https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/02/26/the-bloggies/ https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/02/26/the-bloggies/#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:50:09 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/?p=16000 Continue reading →]]>

View the story “Why does the science community shun the Bloggies?” on StorifyWhy does the science community shun the Bloggies?I was shocked to discover that @bloggies is unaware of the reason that science blogs no longer participate in the contest. @bloggies noted: Prominent climate skeptic blogs tend to campaign for nominations, while other science blogs don’t seem to mention the Bloggies.Storified by Greg Laden· Tue, Feb 26 2013 10:47:37@gregladen I don’t know what the reason is myself.The Weblog Awards.@Bloggies Maybe I’ll write a blog post about it and send you the link if you really don’t know. But really, you must know.Greg Laden@gregladen Do you mean the reason that climate skeptics are attracted to the Bloggies, or the reason that other science blogs aren’t?The Weblog Awards@Bloggies Both It isn’t just a matter of attraction or interest, but purpose and intent. Also, "other" is not the right word there.Greg Laden@gregladen Prior winner history is the only reason I know. I don’t know why no sci bloggers mentioned the category when it was made in 2011.The Weblog Awards.@Bloggies The science blogging community is fully aware of the situation and there has been commentary on it.Greg Laden@Bloggies "Another year, another weblog contest duped" http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2011/02/18/207555/bizarro-world-bloggies-finalist-for-best-science-blog-is-anti-science-website-wattsupwiththat/Greg Laden. @Bloggies "..the death of Science in America..the five candidates on the shortlist.. one rabid anti-science blog http://www.easterbrook.ca/steve/2012/02/another-sign-of-the-death-of-science-in-america/Greg Laden.@Bloggies "Bizarro world ‘Bloggies’ finalist for Best Science Blog is … anti-science website" http://sierraactivist.org/2011/02/18/bizarro-world-%E2%80%98bloggies%E2%80%99-finalist-for-best-science-blog-is-%E2%80%A6-anti-science-website-wattsupwiththat/Greg Laden.@Bloggies "Those that rouse or manufacture enough support, can engineer a win in the submitted category… 1/2Greg Laden..resulting in awards for a blog that routinely misinforms on scientific subjects and even slanders scientists.” 2/2.@Bloggies last two tweets from this source: http://climatecrocks.com/2012/01/25/climate-denial-and-manufacturing-legitimacy/Greg Laden.@Bloggies "… I’d say this has gotten political." http://whateveresque.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=484Greg Laden.@Bloggies You run a blog award w/a science category. Anti science activists took it over. No legit science bloggers want any part of it.Greg LadenThe Bloggies no longer serves the science blogging community. If there intent was to do so, they need to change how they do things. I would like to suggest the addition of a new category: Climate Skepticism. Put the climate science denialist blogs in that category and only valid science blogs in the science category. That is the only way to regain interest from the science community short of simply banning the fake science blogs.

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