1. Family blog with kids named "Macade" and "Braxton." Try and tell me they aren't Mormon.
2. Asian teenage girl with a lot of angst.
3. Born-again Christian website.
4. Family blog with "4EverFamily" in the title. More Mormons.
5. Family blog of a young family that recently relocated from Rexburg, ID to Des Moines, IA so that the husband can attend podiatry school. Additional Mormons.
So based on that scientific survey, 3/5s of the blogs on blogger are Mormon family blogs. Correct conclusion?
I think you're pretty close to accurate. I heard stats in an interview of Bloggers on The Mormon Channel. The whole interview itself may be a little overwhelming (think 6 women talking at once...) but the stats were interesting. There are about 180 million blogs, 85% of blogs are written by women, 50% by Mormon women. That's a HUGE presence, very disproportionate to the normal population.
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The comments on this post as to why Mormons blog so much may also be interesting: http://www.designmom.com/2011/05/whats-up-with-mormons-and-design-blogs/
And, of course, I'm sure you read the Salon.com article on Mormon Mommy Bloggers? The comments are mean obv.
http://www.salon.com/life/feature/2011/01/15/feminist_obsessed_with_mormon_blogs
I haven't seen any statistics on the issue, but maybe blogger looks at the content on your website and directs you to blogs with similar content. I guess you don't mention being Mormon a whole lot, but maybe your comments have a certain Mormon character to them...
ReplyDeleteMormon? Who's Mormon? I hate Mormons... :)
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