Those of us who are Active Rainers... whether Newbies or Oldbies... sometimes do not know about some of the "goodies" hidden in the nooks and crannies of Active Rain.
Quite a few recent posts have appeared lately moaning about how too many Active Rainers try and "game the points system" by either posting "serial copy and paste" comments... or by "serial re-blogging.
[I remember one Rainer who re-blogged about different dry breakfast foods... Wheaties, Cherrios, CoCo Puffs, Rice Krispies, and Frosted Flakes. Obviously, this was a "cereal re-blogger"... but that is another post for another day.]
This leads to more points, and occasionally we end up with someone at or near the top of either their state, county, province or their city as far as points are concerned... but much of their points totals came from silly and inane comments or serial re-blogs.
There is some good news here... hidden in the cracks... for those of you who DO have the "competitive bug"... and strive to get to the top of the list... but try and do it by writing Quality Posts.
Aside from amassing points, there is another way that Rainers can climb to the top of the list... but this list... is one that is NOT built by those Rainers themselves... but by those who actually READ the posts everyone writes.
Then... if the "post Reader" likes what they see... she or he can "subscribe" to the writer's blog... which puts the new posts of that particular Rainer writer... on that subscribing member's personal "blog roll."
Here is the link to that ranking. Top 100 AR bloggers - by number of subscribers . I really enjoy taking a peek at this list, every now and then, just to see how I compare to my Active Rain "peers."
It's a fun list to play with, because it ranks us Rainers nationally, and by state or province. It doesn't break it down any further... into counties and cities... but just having the national, state and province rankings is fun.
I DO wish Active Rain would write the algorithm that would take it one step further, and rank it by each county. Maybe that will come... mebbe not.
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