Group therapy in a blog.
Awards Season: Here Come the JIBs
Nominations for the Jewish and Israel Blog Awards (JIBs) are open until Thursday, with wacky new categories, some nominees listed with a warning (“some mature content”; “adult-oriented blog”; and in one case “MATURE content”) and a rolling nomination process. Plus a congratulatory blogfamily shout-out to Best New Blog nominee and Jewlicious blogson OyBay!
As usual, some of the categories and nominees in each category raise a few eyebrows, as does the denotation of several blogs as being not for kids. As “MATURE content” himself notes:
The most amusing thing about this situation is that Pillage Idiot is listed at the JIB award site with the warning “MATURE Content” next to it. If you’ve ever seen my Pillage Idiot Advisory System, you’ll know that my content isn’t mature — it’s immature.
Isn’t that always the case…
Got a question about their methodology? Contact members of the committee, who for some reason are still eligible for nomination.
So go on over, see if your favorites are there, and if not, you know what to do. Also, while you’re there, check out some interesting blogs you’ve never heard of before, because the JIBs have always aimed to be more than a self-congratulatory effort.
Well, as you note, the JIBs are more about exposure and fun than the actual awards. The committee is a bunch of volunteers – it doesn’t make sense to exclude them from that fun because they’re taking out time [and it’s a lot of time] to help out… and there are enough members to ensure that nobody is cheating. (Plus, if working on it – with all the headaches and complaints – also meant exclusion from the process, it would seriously limit who would volunteer.) The votes are by everybody, not the committee, so I can’t see how it would be a problem.
The “mature” advisories were based on what people put in the nominations. It would be far too time-consuming to check each blog’s content, so we trust the nominators.
The categories were based on asking on JBlogosphere and other blogs for people’s input, in addition to discussion among committee members and on the JIB site itself a couple months ago. All of these discussions (and the ability to join the committee) were open to anyone who was interested.
Anyway… best of luck to all! Hope everyone enjoys.
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[…] admin wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptThe most amusing thing about this situation is that Pillage Idiot is listed at the JIB award site with the warning “MATURE Content†next to it. If you’ve ever seen my Pillage Idiot Advisory System, you’ll know that my content isn’t … […]
Thanks for the love, Esther!
Please vote for Oy Bay for Best New Jewish Blog!
http://www.jibawards.com/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=110