Comments on: Asian, American, and Asian American blogging http://djchuang.com/2007/asian-american-and-asian-american-blogging/ / strategist / ideator / Asian American / connector / gamechanger Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:21:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: half-baked http://djchuang.com/2007/asian-american-and-asian-american-blogging/#comment-1512 half-baked Tue, 16 Jan 2007 17:42:09 +0000 http://www.djchuang.com/2007/asian-american-and-asian-american-blogging/#comment-1512 thanks DJ, you just inspired me to find freedom in blogging again. Let's get those asian american numbers up! thanks DJ, you just inspired me to find freedom in blogging again. Let’s get those asian american numbers up!

]]> By: djchuang http://djchuang.com/2007/asian-american-and-asian-american-blogging/#comment-1511 djchuang Mon, 15 Jan 2007 22:12:10 +0000 http://www.djchuang.com/2007/asian-american-and-asian-american-blogging/#comment-1511 Joe, I generally give my readers at least 24 hours to stop by for a comment. I don't hover around my blog or other blogs all the time myself, generally making a round maybe once a day via my Bloglines blog reader. So patience, my friend. My other reaction to the Edelman study is that the statistics are measuring blog readership, which I consider to be notably different than blog authoring/ publishing. A higher percentage of readership in Asia does not translate to a higher percentage of blogging too; maybe the ratio in Asian is 100 readers per 1 blogger, whereas in the USA it's closer to 10 readers per 1 blogger. And, when I mention blogging to my Asian American friends, a typical reaction is: "why would I want to read a journal entry from someone I don't know?" And, one study found <a href="http://djchuang.googlepages.com/xanga-lj-comparison" rel="nofollow">more Asian American bloggers on Xanga than LiveJournal</a>. Joe, I generally give my readers at least 24 hours to stop by for a comment. I don’t hover around my blog or other blogs all the time myself, generally making a round maybe once a day via my Bloglines blog reader. So patience, my friend.

My other reaction to the Edelman study is that the statistics are measuring blog readership, which I consider to be notably different than blog authoring/ publishing. A higher percentage of readership in Asia does not translate to a higher percentage of blogging too; maybe the ratio in Asian is 100 readers per 1 blogger, whereas in the USA it’s closer to 10 readers per 1 blogger. And, when I mention blogging to my Asian American friends, a typical reaction is: “why would I want to read a journal entry from someone I don’t know?” And, one study found more Asian American bloggers on Xanga than LiveJournal.

]]> By: joe http://djchuang.com/2007/asian-american-and-asian-american-blogging/#comment-1510 joe Mon, 15 Jan 2007 21:57:10 +0000 http://www.djchuang.com/2007/asian-american-and-asian-american-blogging/#comment-1510 The lack of comments is indicative of an Asian audience :) I asked DJ if I could post this here (thanks DJ) since I was hoping to learn from a discussion among a blog-savvy crowd of Asians, Americans, and Asian Americans. I'm interested in what we can extrapolate about American blogging trends in the next few years by watching Asian blogging habits. Will the US ever see blog readership in the 74% range? Or will blogging never be mainstream... the study showed blogs may be cresting/peaking (reported by Technorati). The lack of comments is indicative of an Asian audience :)

I asked DJ if I could post this here (thanks DJ) since I was hoping to learn from a discussion among a blog-savvy crowd of Asians, Americans, and Asian Americans. I’m interested in what we can extrapolate about American blogging trends in the next few years by watching Asian blogging habits. Will the US ever see blog readership in the 74% range? Or will blogging never be mainstream… the study showed blogs may be cresting/peaking (reported by Technorati).

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