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Site Stats, January 2009

For the start o' the year . . .

315 visits and 113 unique visitors. A little dip from last month.

The average time a person spent on the site was just under 3 minutes.

The site had 675 page views. Another dip, but whatever. This site is fun to write!

The most popular posts were the Fire Service Award post, the Fire Service Award Poll, and the ZBA Planning Board post.

Site Stats, December 2008

Just for some general statistics about the use of this site - I use a service called Google Analytics which tells me how many people have visited townofsardinia.blogspot.com and some other basic information about the site's usage. 

The site had:

• 333 visits and 168 unique visitors. Given that Sardinia had about 1500 voters in the 2008 election, if I were to assume that even half of the visitors live in the Town of Sardinia -  I've reached about 5% of the town's resident voters. Sweet.
• The average time a person spent on the site was 4 minutes.
• More than half the site's visitors used Internet Explorer, with the rest split between Firefox and Google Chrome, and a tiny handful of Mac users.
• The site had 821 page views.
• The most popular posts were Next Town Board Meeting, Chaffee-Sardinia Kiwanis Club, and Food at Town Board Meetings.

I wonder what January 2009 will bring!

A "Thinking" Site

My response to the comment on December 29, 2008 6:41 PM

I agreed with the tone and content of this comment much more than the previous anonymous comment, so I will be more friendly in my response. Again, my playground.

I don't plan to "yank" any submitted content. I haven't so far! I may choose not to post things that are emailed to me. I may choose to mock and refute comments. But I think I'd only "yank" something that is abusive, threatening, or posted in error.

To hear that this is a "thinking" site - that's flattering! I'd just have a minor quibble that there are two sides to every issue - I tend to think that there are many more than two sides, and none is perfect. I think if the "two sides" actually came together more often, they'd find that they had more in common than they realize.

My Playground, My Rules, and Ad Hominem Arguments

My response to the comments from December 29, 2008 12:55 PM

I do control the subject matter on this blog; I was actually "in" to blogs as early as 2002, and it was the focus of my master's thesis, so I take the editorial control of this site quite seriously. And since it's my playground, we play by my rules. I absolutely invite external input, but with some strong caveats. If a person wants to say something, the main way to be taken seriously is to attach one's name to those opinions. I'm not going to open this site up to anonymous screeds (in the main blog posts). I'm not going to permit anonymous attacks.

Let's pause, for a second, to discuss what an Ad Homimen argument is. Wikipedia aptly defines such an argument as:

attacking or appealing to a characteristic or belief of the person making the argument or claim, rather than by addressing the substance of the argument or producing evidence against the claim.

The assertion I have a "Johnny come lately" attitude seems, on its face, to be a classic (anonymous) Ad Hominem argument. Rather than having to mount up (anonymous) rationales as to why I'm wrong, it's so much easier to just claim that I haven't been around, so my opinions count for nothing. When left unrecognized, Ad Hominem arguments can be quite effective. I'd like to turn that (anonymous) argument around by saying, there is no better way to stifle the involvement of individuals in a community than to say "you haven't been around, so don't even bother." I sincerely hope that is not your (anonymous) intent.

As for my writing style, including referring to Springville as the 'Ville - how in the name of grilled cheese could that leave anyone on edge? My comment that I wish I had taken notes on the community forum - it IS as if it never happened. We're 2 months out and the only idea that's being acted on for Sardinia's funding reserves is the Fire Service Award (more on that later).

Frankly, anonymous comments like yours, Mr. or Mrs. Anonymous, make me on edge.

Town of Sardinia on Google Maps

You may have seen the link to Google Maps in the sidebar on this site. I've done my best to approximate the town's boundaries, and to add (random) Sardinia businesses and attractions to the map. 

If you have a business or attraction that should be added, please leave a comment that includes the name and exact address, or email that information to me and I'll add it.

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Just testing the concept

At last night's November Town Board meeting, the statement was made, and reiterated, that a Town of Sardinia web site would be available "soon." Thanks to the magic of Blogger.com, I was able to create this web site "immediately."

Unlike the posts I've read on hometic.com and at the Sardinia Standard, which I will not link to here, I will be putting my name to everything I post on this site. I invite other town residents to send their comments to be published, with attribution, here. My email is karamariek@gmail.com, and that is the best way to reach me.