Comments on: The death of Portland Metblogs

By: metblogs reader... sort of

metblogs reader... sort of — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 05:15:09 +0000

Gotta say, I’m happy to see I’m not the only one who’s noticed that Portland Metblogs is dying a slow death. I still have it in my RSS feed, more out of habit than anything, and a tiny part of me truly hopes it does come back to life.

But the lack of posts recently is, quite frankly, a little pathetic for a site that, prior to the relaunch debacle, was alive and bustling and full of wonderful, helpful and fun information. I found the conversation to be interesting as well, and it’s as if it’s hit a brick wall since the relaunch.

I couldn’t believe there wasn’t more mention of the Obama rally on the waterfront (one measly sentence), Ignite Portland 3 before the day it occurred, and any big Portland news that doesn’t involve Tri-met or obscure bands. I know I’m generalizing a bit here, but I used to rely on Metblogs to get a personalized version of “local news coverage”; a “Daily Show” version of local happenings, if you will. Now, in a matter of months, it’s practically obsolete. Very sad.

Kudos to Betsy and Dieselboi; I’ll be adding OurPDX.net to my daily read.

By: brewcaster

brewcaster — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:48:34 +0000

I see Divebarwife is in her true form. I saw the emails you sent to some of the folks that were speaking out. shame on you.

Just because you believe in something the rest of us don’t, I wouldn’t call that laughable, I would call that diversity. Diverbarwife, if you are happy with Metblogs and what it does for you, I cheer you on.

Smile.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:32:24 +0000

You wouldn’t believe some of the other things I’m obsessed with.

Counting steps.

Washing my hands.

Dog walking.

Alien abduction.

Crop circles.

The time loop.

Baseball statistics.

Seriously, my obsession with Portland Metblogs is nothing compared to my obsession with orthotic insoles.

Or the precise sequence of my morning routine.

Or the way a dishwasher must be loaded.

I could go on, but you get the idea.

By: divebarwife

divebarwife — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:46:26 +0000

You are so laughable - I can’t believe you’re still obsessed with this topic.

By: McAngryPants

McAngryPants — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:15:49 +0000

“who knew I needed to be vigilant about getting it behind a curtain!”

/me looks behind curtain

By: Betsy

Betsy — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:17:22 +0000

Yeah, i should have used that plugin - but I got the bee in my bonnet on Sunday, moved the site to the new domain Tuesday night - who knew I needed to be vigilant about getting it behind a curtain!

By: maxadders

maxadders — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:48:53 +0000

portland metblogs is absolutely crawling these days. posts stick around for over a week. booooooooooooring!

By: dieselboi

dieselboi — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:05:44 +0000

Thanks for the shout out. Give the props to Betsy. I’m there, but she built it. Come on by and chat.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:48:14 +0000

It’s a little too late, but you might want to use the Maintenance Mode WP plugin in the future. It let’s you stage your site behind the curtain, without counting on “security by obscurity.”

By: Betsy

Betsy — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:44:14 +0000

Whoa….we were so NOT ready for prime time.

Right now, this is squarely a ‘kids in the barn’ arrangement, solely funded and managed by Yours Truly in my oh, so copious spare time. (tongue firmly planted in cheek.)