Comments on: O Captain! My Captain! Rise Up and Read the Blogs

By: Mark30339

Mark30339 — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:59:01 +0000

It seems like Ed is head and shoulders over his teammates on technical know-how and is at least Michelle's equal on access to guests of substance. He seems to both deserve and enjoy his autonomy. And in case the H.A. brass ever ponders pushing him out, there's an army of us that will move with him.

Just 2 things - 1. get rid of "Duuude" links 2. Flush the lines of all commenters and do re-registration.

By: Gregory Koster

Gregory Koster — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:42:53 +0000

Another reason for newspapers to hate blogs: When Captain Ed moved to HotAir, almost all of his readers followed him. That NEVER happens when two newspapers merge. The merged newspaper invariably has a circulation less than the sum of the premerged papers. Another reason to chortle as the MSM sinks into the swamp.

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Defunct Blog Increasingly Influential | Outside The Beltway | OTB — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:55:29 +0000

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By: Mark in Dallas

Mark in Dallas — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:39:46 +0000

I miss CQ, HotAir.com readership in my case did not increase since I was already reading both... I go straight to Day by Day before heading over to HotAir now instead of going to CQ to see what Capt Ed and the Day by Day gang were up to.

At any rate what is done is done... Let the mainstream media keep bashing CQ, It is kind of like the Radio Talk show host who has a "special number" for his liberal left wing callers...

Cheers! Mark

By: patrick neid

patrick neid — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:27:10 +0000

Every blog has its own comment section that can never be recreated somewhere else after a transition. Even a new page design can cause upheaval. There's a bizarre ether like backdrop that is very dangerous to tinker with.

There were many folks at CQ's that refused to go to Hot Air based on exiting biases.

CQ's, now the James Dean of sites. Dead at such an early age.

By: Passerby

Passerby — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 11:43:20 +0000

Apparently Ed's tied up allahpundit and is preventing him from updating.

Either that or AP is on vacation ... or something. If there was an announcement, I missed it.

One of the things I like about HA as opposed to CQ is the admixture of the two articles. Allsh has a more Instapundit flair for summary and comment while Ed does essays.

By: CatoRenasci

CatoRenasci — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 11:20:58 +0000

Count me as thoroughly disappointed with Ed’s move. I liked Captain’s Quarters very much. Hot Air leaves me cold. Too busy, not focused. I go, but I just don’t much like it. I would say I read Ed every day before, now, perhaps 1-2 a week. Fah!

By: John H.

John H. — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:14:00 +0000

Instead of going to CQ I now go to Hot Air and real all of Ed's posts, and no others. Nowhere near as convenient as CQ, but there are only so many hours in a day.

I wonder if Michelle tracks clicks by authors. It would be interesting to see how Ed's readership count stacks up against Allahpundit and the rest.

By: Carl in Jerusalem

Carl in Jerusalem — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 05:51:11 +0000

On my blog (Israel Matzav), I link to Ed regularly at HotAir, but I still refer to him as Captain Ed.

By: NahnCee

NahnCee — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 05:19:48 +0000

I read HotAir now because of the Morrissey move. I do not seek out Morrissey to read any more, but am delighted when I notice that something I choose to pursue in HotAir has been written by him. I very rarely post any more, either on HotAir or on Morrissey’s posts. I wish he had stayed Captain’s Quarters and separate, as it was a distinctive voice (and morality) that has been lost in the general conservative oatmeal that is HotAir.