I’ve accepted a long time ago that not everyone blogs for the same reasons. I was surprised with my win (and even more surprised at the people who nominated me because I didn’t even know that they read my blog).

I suppose it’s from that nature of the Philippine blogosphere that it’s really an open-space. It’s every man and woman for himself coupled with the old cliche “birds of the same feathers, flock together.”

Since there were no concrete and objective criteria used in ‘judging’ the nominees, it was pretty much based on popularity and how many or how much link love (read: nominations) a nominee recieved.

There were also no categories to classify and quantify the blogs. They’re influential in what? I think it was just a grand expression and celebration of ‘personal blogging.’

I’m not saying this as an offense to the whole event and to the winners and organizers, I’m just saying that this is the ‘real state of the philippine blogosphere’ and in agreement to schumey, it’s quite a young blogosphere in terms of audience.

Just like in real life, Pinoys really don’t give much about politics today. Sad really.

Maybe the blogsphere is not yet ready to accept our kind. Remember, the internet has a younger viewership. Blogs constantly evolve, what we should do is broaden the market of ideas. That way, we can touch all aspects of sociology.

Though not all of their posts focus on Philippine politics and various developments in the nation, those that could be classified as such are interesting reads. They may not entirely focus on the Philippine scene, but they do blog about it.

AnitoKid at http://www.anitokid.blogspot.com