Comments on: A blogger-sceptic gives in…. http://cllrrthomas.wordpress.com/2006/06/09/hello-world/ Liberal Democrat Councillor for East Dulwich Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:05:23 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Fiona Colley http://cllrrthomas.wordpress.com/2006/06/09/hello-world/#comment-4 Fiona Colley Tue, 04 Jul 2006 01:04:47 +0000 #comment-4 Welcome to blogging Richard. It can certainly seem like you're talking to yourself, your friends and your foes at first. But I've been blogging for nearly three years now and increasingly I find that constituents do read the blog - it took some time (and advertising), but I now get comments and lots of emails via the blog. I do find that constituents are much more interested in local issues than party politics - councillors with very political blogs do seem to only attract a very political audience. Welcome to blogging Richard. It can certainly seem like you’re talking to yourself, your friends and your foes at first. But I’ve been blogging for nearly three years now and increasingly I find that constituents do read the blog – it took some time (and advertising), but I now get comments and lots of emails via the blog.

I do find that constituents are much more interested in local issues than party politics – councillors with very political blogs do seem to only attract a very political audience.

]]> By: Dave http://cllrrthomas.wordpress.com/2006/06/09/hello-world/#comment-3 Dave Mon, 03 Jul 2006 16:02:22 +0000 #comment-3 God you Lib Dems are all getting into this blogging malarkey! Congratulations on taking the plunge though. I look forward to reading how things are going chez Thomas as well as the occasional Fib Dem party political broadcast. Watch out what you write though (I strongly advise against blogging while drunk or riled). It is true that these things are read by your political opponents - as my own local councillor has <a href="http://grangetownlabour.blogspot.com/2005/03/lib-dem-councillors-contempt-for.html" rel="nofollow"> discovered</a>the hard way !!! Be well ... God you Lib Dems are all getting into this blogging malarkey! Congratulations on taking the plunge though. I look forward to reading how things are going chez Thomas as well as the occasional Fib Dem party political broadcast.

Watch out what you write though (I strongly advise against blogging while drunk or riled). It is true that these things are read by your political opponents – as my own local councillor has discoveredthe hard way !!!

Be well …

]]> By: alex http://cllrrthomas.wordpress.com/2006/06/09/hello-world/#comment-1 alex Mon, 03 Jul 2006 15:13:41 +0000 #comment-1 Read only by political hacks and opponents... surely not! Well, like you I have considered for a long time that bloggers were only talking to themselves. But then the mainstream media (MSM, as I believe they are known) started to lurk on certain blogs and pick up little gobbets of political intel... so now it's part of the landscape of politcal battles just like streets and council chambers! Glad to see you're doing your bit ;-) Read only by political hacks and opponents… surely not! Well, like you I have considered for a long time that bloggers were only talking to themselves. But then the mainstream media (MSM, as I believe they are known) started to lurk on certain blogs and pick up little gobbets of political intel… so now it’s part of the landscape of politcal battles just like streets and council chambers!

Glad to see you’re doing your bit ;-)

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