I got the feeling io9 wasn’t going to be my sort of blog …
… and it appears my suspicions are confirmed within a few weeks from launch:
Today’s most popular stories are
- SEX ROBOTS
(2,846 views)
- MORNING SPOILERS
(1,769 views)
- STAR WARS
(1,418 views)
Today’s most discussed stories are
Ten Scifi Songs You Should Take to a Barren Asteroid (48 comments), Science Fiction Angels Who Are Really Aliens in Disguise (31) and Live-Action Star Wars TV Will Satisfy Your Boba Fettish (28).
And we wonder why no one takes science fiction seriously. *sigh*
[tags]io9, blog, scifi, skiffy[/tags]
January 16th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
It lasted all of 48 hours in my Google Reader list before I zapped it. Far too much forth and frivolous stuff to plough through every day, and the category feed for their Books section – which might at least have kept it relevant – never seemed to work properly…
But then it’s part of a larger blog network that thrives on advertising revenue, to eyeballs-on-screen and click-throughs resulting is the all-important name of the game…
January 16th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
Ugh. Angels who are really aliens, now there’s a subject to spark the imagination of a nation.
Not terribly surprised to hear that it’s all about eyeballs and click-throughs.
January 16th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
They’ve stolen all my content!
January 16th, 2008 at 9:00 pm
I’m still trying to figure out their fetish for the new “Flash Gordon.”
January 28th, 2008 at 6:24 pm
Actually, our RSS tag feed is now fixed on io9, so you can subscribe only to our posts about books. You can even subscribe to the feed using a not: operator, which will eliminate things like Star Wars or Flash Gordon if you find them repulsive.
For example, here is an RSS feed even a Velcro City Tourist could love:
http://www.io9.com/tag/books/not:star-wars/index.xml
Enjoy!
January 28th, 2008 at 7:25 pm
Bearded in my own den, no less! Respect to you, Ms Newlitz – I understand the economics of why io9 is the way it is (as do we all, I expect), but you can’t blame a guy for having high hopes from time to time.
Best of luck, and thanks for the feed address.