How to play bloggers egos: 43Best Blogs

Alex Muse had a very amusing idea: mix the Top XXX blog list meme and the self (serving) editing of a wiki, hence offering all bloggers the ability to be in said Top XXX list. The result: 43Best Blogs, a wiki’ed list in which anyone can claim a spot. The rule: there can be only 43.

Let me tell you: who is actually on the list does not matter, what is actually hilarious is to read through the history page since all edits are logged.

As a blogger who wants in, you have to make a conscious decision of which of the 43 names you are going to “nuke”, and which spot you are going to claim. I had an easy task: a Polish dude had claimed three spots so I took one for myself and one for Hornik (as sign of deference to the grand father of VC blogging). But I really LOL’ed when I saw that David Weinberger nuked TechCrunch (not that I mean single out David, who I respect) and a few other interesting “replacements”.

A very interesting social experiment indeed Alex.

Whoops, sorry FactoryJoe, you just got nuked my friend.

Comments

[Chris Messina]

Hoohoo hooo, yep, go figure. See, the other irony of the 43blogs list is that, being a wiki, *anyone* can make changes.

Including people who want to nuke you.

Or make you like an egomaniac.

Or get you in da shiznit with ma man, Clavier. 8)

Nevertheless, I am brimming with glee that someone would take a moment to edit the thing just to accomplish one of those goals. It wasn't me who did the edit, but I do have some nagging suspicions. ;)