i agree with ms reynz that 5 blog entries do not speak for the entire content of the blog itself. on the other hand, for the judges to sift through the entire blog itself is impossible as well.

but we must understand that pba is still in its early formation, “still learning to walk” so to speak and it is a given that glitches will abound. glitches that, in due time, will be ironed out eventually by the organizers and heck, even by the consolidated effort of the pinoy bloggers out there. two years’ running is not sufficient to judge an award-giving body’s reputation.

while one may not rule out the possibility of collusion or favoritism, as a lot have been hinting at (lutong makaw?), one must also accept the fact that in every award-giving body, despite the organizers’ best efforts, it is always impossible for everything to run smoothly and perfectly. hence, the cliched room for improvement.

so what is the best criterion to select the winners then? i choose the lesser of two evils, so to speak. i propose that organizers stick with the 5 best entries per blog but with an independent panel of judges to dissect the merits of the finalists’ entries. this is the only feasible standard to determine who will be the winners and in fact, such standard is being practiced in all award-giving bodies.

pba will eventually live up to its name, just give it some time. in fact, i find it remarkable that finally, an avenue to recognize those pinoy bloggers who have contributed much to the Internet blogosphere’s furtherance has been created albeit one that is still establishing a firm foundation. that’s still a nice start. we conquer the blogosphere today; tomorrow, world domination! lol.

my final say: award or no award, sana tuloi ang ligaya! ms reynz keep the laughter coming. dadalasan ko na pagtambay sau ngaun. hehehe.

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thank you for visiting. the reason “can’t really go through each and every post” is a totally unacceptable justification. we’ve all gone through this issue in the comments already.

but i do agree with your proposition, one way is for the nominee to submit the 5 best entries the blogger made, at least there’s a certain level of independence in there.

again, thank you for sharing your thoughts. that was a good one and hope they pick it up.

world peace! hahaha!

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ang mali ng awards committee is they should have asked the people nominating–from the very beginning–to submit not just a link to the blog they are nominating, but also the five best posts that they think best represent the blog. there’s room for improvement. world peace =)

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hehehe ganito naman talaga dito sa reyna hahaha kahit tingnan mo sa archives mas todo ang comments dun, mild lang to hehehe, that’s right i don’t want to judge myself because i’m not a book. hehehe

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