Ecosystem or Egosystem?

For months now I have been a Marauding Marsupial in the TTLB Blogosphere Ecosystem. Suddenly this evening I have gone from a Flabby Bird to an Insignificant Microbe in a matter of minutes. All the while my blog traffic has remained the same. I sometimes wonder if I ought to forget about displaying my ecosystem ranking just to keep my ego from feeling deflated.

It feels like high school all over again! Life sometimes seems to be about a popularity contest. I was never popular, but everyone knew who I was since I was the only student in a wheelchair! LOL if you got it, flaunt it!

Posted by on Nov 27, 2005 in Uncategorized | 6 comments

6 Comments

  1. pb
    Nov 28, 2005

    Go to Sissy Willis’s site, specifically this post:
    http://sisu.typepad.com/sisu/2005/11/if_you_werent_a.html
    for a possible explanation of what is happening in the blogosphere.

  2. Garrett O'Hara
    Nov 28, 2005

    Happened to me, too. I went from Large Mammal to Slithering Reptile.

  3. Sissy Willis
    Nov 28, 2005

    I think you meant this post, Pat:

    http://sisu.typepad.com/sisu/2005/11/i_think_that_nz.html

  4. pb
    Nov 29, 2005

    Sorry, Sissy. How embarrassing. But I’ve been concentrating on your pretty felines. The new, strange phenomenon doesn’t much affect me, lowly entity that I am.

  5. Teem
    Nov 29, 2005

    It happens to me too. I find myself worrying needlessly about how many readers I have rather than simply focussing on what God would perhaps have me do with this medium.

  6. March Hare
    Dec 10, 2005

    Hey, Karen, I “devolved,” too! About the same amount, from Reptile to Microorganism–which is probably where I truly am in the grand Ecosphere of the Web.

    BTW, I LOVE what you’ve done with the place! 🙂