May 19, 2011
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Top Blog and Xanga Popularity
Recently I received a message from a guy asking “any advice on how i can become popular (on xanga)?”
A woman asked me in a message recently, “This is so not fair! It did it gain! I have the most recs and I’m not on top blogs. People that have no recs and only 20 views and 6 comments are on there. I just want to make it up there once! Should I delete my account and start new?”How do you make top blog and become popular on xanga?
Comments (123)
i don’t know first
Yes! hahahaha!
I think if somebody’s page is not friends locked it’s hard to stay off Top Blogs. Maybe they should check their settings.
If YOU rec something, doesn’t that person automatically become “popular”? haha
Make all your friends and relatives comment and rec within two min. of posting.
Well, there are several ways. Some are more right than others haha.
Haha. Have LOTS of friends on here, actively keep up with all the “drama” and people’s posts and comment on things, and write about interesting topics to get recs. It’s pretty simple, if you have the time for it.
Show some tit.
Bribing The Xanga Team.
My ass is already in a post so now I have to show some titties? Lol
Bake cookies for everyone.
It’s a mystery to me.
I thought I heard once that you can’t be on Sign-in Lock and be on Top Blogs.
@randaness - Truth.
@SnowshoeTrails - …I beg to differ. Sometimes, it’s weird the way it works- I’ve had posts with a ton of recs and comments that never actually made it to top blogs.
But it’s all good.
Most of the time all you need to do is be a jackass or stir up drama. Very rarely, a heartfelt or intelligent blog makes it onto TB. This is all, of course controlled by the rest of the community, which shows what matters more to the majority on here: stupidity, drama, and thoughtlessness.
you have to be interesting?
@Wait_by_Moonlight - I think something must be wrong with the Xanga settings then if not your page. When my page is open, I can’t keep it off Top Blogs, even with only a few comments. Something isn’t working right then.
Ehh, it’s a game.
@RazielV - This is the same reason that dense philosophical texts rarely make it on the NY Times Bestseller’s list.
And John Rawls doesn’t count.
@RazielV - Yay!
One of my friends use to create lots and lots of dummy accounts to recommend her own entries and artifically pump them up to top blogs.
She’s since stop doing it, so I won’t single her out by name.
showing ass LOL
nudity.
rob of the sky
all about branding
I don’t know, I have written some good ones (in my mind) and made it up there, then I wrote some stupid ones to see what happens…yep, made it to #3. I do not know. I make friends, comment on everyones post, remember what I read so when they mention it again I know what they are saying. Things like that.
@schallerbrandon - ¿Qué?
@RazielV - I don’t rec comments, but I like your comment and I agree with it.
@fabolousclown - I already did that Sweets.@AlluringAddiction - I guess I’m going to have to flash. Lol
Sometimes I pour my soul out here, but nothing happens. Post about trolls or religion, though… instant success!
I have no idea. I have blogs on here that I like reading and have made some Xanga friends and that’s what it is all about for me.
@livexlovexlaughter - the best ass I’ve ever seen !! (; (;
I never have, I keep sign-in lock on so I won’t make it to the front page.
Be Dan, Summer, or Gravy.
Did the woman have her account on any privacy settings? A mistake made too many times!
You make connections. Simple as.
Show Dan your boobs
Don’t write crap, make friends, comment other people and leave interesting comments, and nudity.
@RazielV - i guess this means my photography posts on that make it onto top blogs are full of drama, thoughtlessness and….more drama?
I’m sure timestamping entries every hour or so doesn’t hurt.
i don’t really see why people care so much about being on top blogs
be from Malaysia and set up about 40 accounts and use them all to recommend and comment on your posts.
@UnconventionalButterfly - Read my comment more closely, luv.
I don’t.
comment on the most popular news item and say it like a democratic-republican
I don’t know. I don’t think I’m popular on here.
@fabolousclown - Thank you Love!!
@Pink_TeaCups - I’ve had the most recs all afternoon
Not sure if posting on Xanga is meant to be a popularity context
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active participation. just read many blogs and leave many comments on other peoples’ blogs on a regular basis, then you’ll gradually develop a bigger fan base that comment/rec each other and get noticed. some people complain about not being noticed, yet they might not even really bother to read/comment on other peoples’ blogs, too. and add at least a couple hundred or thousand friends list for more exposure. out of the 1000, at least 25 if not 50 will comment, so the chances of more comments are higher compared to only 100 friends for example. post an eye catching profile pic, preferably of a woman
I don’t even want to be on top blogs and I have marketing advice
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@kkll001 - This
Ask stupid questions, duh!
@randaness -I thought I heard once that you can’t be on Sign-in Lock and be on Top Blogs
Right. You can’t have any locks on – Footprints, Friends, or Sign-in.
Be interesting and “brand” yourself. Or that’s what I gather from observing all these years.
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You come up with a an idea like asking how to become popular on Xanga.
Usually the top bloggers are the ones who spend a lot of time on Xanga going around visiting and posting on just about everyone else’s blog and all the ish sites.
Why anyone cares to have their blog be a “top” blog is beyond me.
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@wide_ide_girl - @Enodate - I was top rec all afternoon and never made it on top blogs. It has to be a glitch. Sorry, lol im not getting in the drama or start kissing ass. lol
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You don’t.
why would u wanna anyway
be drama queen and u will get it
You know what’s a more interesting question to me … Why do people WANT to be on top blog? What’s the need/goal/desire in their lives that a few hours on a website top 100 (top 10, or whatever) brings?
I’m not a top blogger, so I wouldn’t really know. Although I have heard/read it helps to not be on Friends Lock. And I also think allowing Ads on your page helps also….. Oh,, and having Drama!
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They need to discover Featured Grownups
Blowjobs and mailing people home made cookies?
Bah…I shouldn’t have said that…
But I’m not takin’ it back, lol!
Here’s how to be popular on Xanga. Be the biggest pathetic loser in real life, then you’ll have lots of time to be as fake as possible online.
@Roadlesstaken - Did you show your boobs, alex?
@nimbusthedragon - Duh
@RazielV - you left out “showing some tit.” Apparently prostituting yourself for attention works.
@Roadlesstaken - so sorry I missed that.
Who cares. Go play outside.
it”s about attraction not promotion; don’t use the lock out
be honest cause people can see though the bull
also I’ve always been lucky with having a lot of friends all my life
I’ve never been on top blogs and I rarely get any comments and I don’t think I’ve ever gotten a rec… Maybe once… I’ve been on xanga (on this account, anyway) for a year and a half. I think I’m just boring lol
Show your boobies!
That’s what I do.
I’ve been on top blogs a few times before, but never top 20. I dunno, I just did what I did and didn’t care about whether or not I was on top blogs.
Show some bum
The more eProps you have on a post. That’s why you’re always up there Dan, loads of comments = loads of eProps. Rec’s don’t make any contribution.
Every time I post a blog, I’m within the top 20. Never been 1 though, I’ve made 3- 8 quite frequently though
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@livexlovexlaughter - It’s not a glitch. Rec’s make no contribution; it’s mainly eProps.
Well, they could always read my Top Blogs Tutorial. Although, it’s probably severely outdated by now.
Initially, you need to get the attention of a few of the more popular bloggers – that’s not hard, they’re pretty cool folks, and throw out recs w/o much problem.
second, you need to be producing a lot of content – say 500 words per day, minimum
Third, you need to comment other people’s blogs like crazy – at least 30 comments a day. 50-100 isn’t out of the question.
Fourth, you need to be consistent in your content. You’re creating a brand, so make sure that you do the same thing over and over – people like what they expect. You’ll notice that each of the top bloggers has a basic area they always stay within – find a niche (even if someone else is doing it) and do that.
Fifth, be either ridiculously drama-prone, or produce content so good nobody can reasonably say it’s bad.
Sixth, try and get familiar with the people at xanga. It helps, because you’ll be more in the loop. Again, they’re cool folks, so this isn’t that hard.
Seventh, Make sure your content is all public in your privacy filters, so that you don’t get shut out of top blogs.
Eight, prepare for everyone in the world who has no idea about who you are to have a strong opinion about your stuff, which is almost invariably wrong, because they don’t take the time to get to know you. Don’t be surprised if you get threatened, and remember – if your stuff gets plagiarized or you get threatened (especially if it’s indirectly), xanga cannot and will not do anything to help you – it’s outside their legal jurisdiction.
Ninth, prepare to delete your blog, because it just isn’t as fun being popular as you might think, and frankly, it takes up a huge amount of your time commenting, rec’ing, etc. (sometimes as much as 10 hours a day)
That about sums it up, i believe.
@Roadlesstaken - I wouldn’t necessarily address your “take” in my comment, but you’re right. (and I see I did, sorta)
Dear Dan,
There are “top blogs” and “top bloggers”. A top blogger is popular, has lots of people on their friends list, and by sheer amounts of comments/recs always get to top blogs, no matter what they write.
A “top blog” can be any entry which goes viral. I’ve had a number of mine shoot right to the top. (Usually when lampooning popular Xangans, for some unknown reason.)
It’s a combination of comments and recommends. The speed at which a blog gets those comments is important too. In fact, you’ve written about how people can get to top blogs many times in the past. I’ve even saved some of that advice.
Now that Xanga is not that popular in the internet at large, there are not quite as many users as in the past. So it’s easy to get a spot on top blogs with half a dozen comments and 3 recommendations.
I don’t subscribe to the school of thought that one has to “befriend top bloggers.” Or create multiple sites and rec your own entries. Or (ahem) ask questions.
Just socialize, develop a readership, and write interesting (and perhaps original) posts.
(Don’t necessarily join a bandwagon. I tried it this week. Didn’t work for me. Nyuk Nyuk.)
Xanga is a rewarding “place” whether or not one makes “top blogs” but it IS a lot easier now, and it IS neat to get new subscribers and friends on a regular basis. I find that it’s the give and take of blogging that keeps this old bald guy ticking on Xanga like the proberbial energizer bunny.
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@GodlessLiberal - Krisko, Right on. I’m an old bald guy, and I can attest that I’ve got to top blogs by going naked. Come to think of it, I got a lot of recs when I just showed my boobs. Michael F. Nyiri,poet,philosopher, fool
yeah show us boobs if you wanna be popular!! dan you can show me your boobs too! i will totally look. hell i will right click copy and save!
I wish i was as popular as you. you are the most popular guy here!
The only time I got on that fucking list was when I was planning to commit suicide. Now, it pisses me off thinking about that fucking top blog shit because I see people with only a few views and comments where I’d have more than some of them on there, yet I’m still on that fucking list? FUCK THE TOP BLOGS!!!!
Talk about what a b*tch you are and then snag someones man to prove it
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why is anyone actually worried about being a top blog on xanga? seriously. wow.
Why would anyone want to be a top blogger anyway? That baffles me. A lot of the top bloggers I’d avoid like the plague in real life. It’s no different than climbing onto a pedestal, only time will tell when you’re going to fall. And in my opinion, a lot of these ‘amazing blogs’ are just a bunch of words lazily typed down. I hardly ever post, because I only post something when I feel it can help others, and needs to be said.
@baldmike2004 - Oh, okay that makes more sense. Because I notice a lot of the top bloggers just post about themselves, or it’s just something pretentious or trivial. I always wondered why anyone would want to read that. What did you feel when one of your posts went viral? Did you expect it to?
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@ItIsAllGravy - This seems to be truest. The top bloggers I see are all very different, but nearly always get in top blogs.
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As Xanga is not nor will ever be fair
It’s partially controlled by the travistock institute
but they wrestle with other parties in how to run it
As there are, have been and will be
People on Xanga that are essentially the most powerful, exciting and interesting
Individuals on the planet… unfortunately the game is very fun for them
But if your not aware it appears to be merely something… intrigueing or frustrating
As the actual blogs worth reading are generally NEVER EVER on the front page
And some may not even be accessable to those not involved.
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I’ve been a member of the Xanga community for almost 7 years. In the early days I was always writing about how great it would be when my blog finally got featured. (What they used to call top blogs.) The first time I got a “featured” entry I missed it. No recommends in those days, just because of visits and comments. Later on, I got up on the front page, and really enjoyed it. I think my best time was when I wrote the Xangapedia. I would actually watch the comments appear on my Xanga page, like watching TV. I learned that in order to get to the “top” if not a “famous Xangalebrity”, you know, like the guy on whose blog we are writing these comments, it helped to blog about Xanga, and in my case, not write the long philosophical entries I usually post. And when you blog about Xangalebrities in a nice manner, even when parodying them, they recommend the post, and bring their readers. It’s a neat feeling. It doesn’t have to be a funny post either. If a top blogger notices you, and recommends you, you might get to top blogs because of their readership when they visit because of the recommendation. But as I said in my comment, there are the “top bloggers’ and then there are the “top blogs”. If you get a “top blog” you start to get a bit puffed up with all the attention. Then you write something you think is brilliant, and get the same 6 or 7 comments from your regular readers you always do. It can be quite a letdown. The best recommendation I ever got was from Dan. It made my day. Hell, it made my month! Michael F. Nyiri, poet, philosoher, fool
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I don’t know and furthermore, I don’t care.
I don’t post for “top blogs.”
I feel like top blogs can draw unnecessary attention and start drama, so I just made a blog on lovelyish. I don’t think it’s possible for me to get on the top blogs
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@TiredSoVeryTired - it is so obvious that you have big boobs.
show some boobs
as always. as i have said before… making it to the top blogs list is a well, privilege. if you are not chosen to be in it. then that’s ok.
blogging is not a contest as far as i’m concerned. its mostly sharing
@RulerofMasons - Not to a blind man! ??? Not sure how it’s obvious, but okay.
@TiredSoVeryTired - your boobs are bulging out of your shirt. I’m a loser for saying this.
@RulerofMasons - My boobs are not bulging out of my shirt. They are merely sitting on my chest as is every other’s woman’s boobs in this world.
Gee I don’t know. They l@TiredSoVeryTired - ook big to me. It gets my mind to wishing I could lay on them. Does that make me pathetic? I’m also wondering how your boobs look like without anything on.
@RulerofMasons - I didn’t say they weren’t big, I said they weren’t bulging out of my shirt. They make mighty fine pillows just ask my three kids who I rocked to sleep every night for years. They look like boobs without anything on. Maybe vodka and Xanga isn’t a good combination for you?
@TiredSoVeryTired - I apologize. I loooove big boobs precisely because they make good pillows. I still can’t believe you were once very skinny. Lol, I just thought of something. Could it be possible kids can grow attached to their momma’s tit, till the age of… five?
@RulerofMasons - You don’t need to apologize. And no kids do not grow attached to their mom’s breast until age five. Boobs are soft and fluffy, younger kids don’t look at them like they are sexual objects. They look at them like they are comfort.
@kirbym - wow. that’s pretty darn cool. thanks for posting that..especially about the high profile people we’d never expect to be a xangan.
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