tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955388713581848615.post327227027789338192..comments2024-03-15T08:49:39.930+08:00Comments on The Shroud of Turin: "Life in the post-truth age," Shroud of Turin News, November 2016 Stephen E. Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16183223752386599799noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955388713581848615.post-47225584153186071832016-12-15T16:17:52.618+08:002016-12-15T16:17:52.618+08:00According to Google Analytics my pageviews have ju...According to Google Analytics my pageviews have jumped to all-time highs: pageviews today are 2,852 and yesterday they were 3,809, when my average is in the 600s! <br /><br />I assume that I have Pam Frampton to thank, because although she didn't mention the name of my blog in her:<br /><br />"A blog asserting the authenticity of the Shroud of Turin has 616,999 page views, even though that piece of cloth has been proven to be a forgery."<br /><br />if anyone Googles "Shroud of Turin blog" without the quotes, mine comes up first (or at least it does for me).<br /><br />So presumably Ms Framton's readers wanted to check out this `wondrous example of post-truth,' a blog asserting the authenticity of the Shroud of Turin that has 616,999 page views! Now 646,470 partly thanks to Ms Frampton.<br /><br />And those of her readers who did read my above post would see my comment that Ms Frampton apparently deleted (she being the Editor of <i>The Telegram</i>).<br /><br />Moreover, not only did my above post show a sudden jump, but also my other posts. My past experience is that out of those who find my blog for the first time when it has been mentioned elsewhere, after the initial jump in pageviews, it settles down at a higher plateau, indicating that some of those new readers become regular readers of my blog.<br /><br />So my thanks again to Ms Frampton!<br /><br />Stephen E. Jones<br />----------------------------------<br />"By way of guidance as to what I mean by `offensive' and `sub-standard,' I regard comments to my blog as analogous to letters to the Editor of a newspaper. If the Editor of a newspaper would not publish a comment because it is `offensive' and/or `sub-standard' then neither will I. It does not mean that if I disagree with a comment I won't publish it. I have published anti-authenticist comments and other comments that I disagreed with, and I have deleted `offensive' and/or `sub-standard' comments that are pro-authenticist. `Sub-standard' includes attempting to use my blog as a platform to publish a block of text of the commenter's own views, and also bare links to other sites with little or no actual comments. By `off-topic' I mean if a comment has little or nothing to do with the topic(s) in the post it is under (except for the latest post-see above)." [<a href="http://goo.gl/smuIaD" rel="nofollow">05Jan16</a>]<br />Stephen E. Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16183223752386599799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955388713581848615.post-52613199069636628082016-12-07T07:22:06.686+08:002016-12-07T07:22:06.686+08:00Kyle
>What's funny is that I completely ag...Kyle<br /><br />>What's funny is that I completely agree with her premise. <br /><br />So do I, but does she?<br /><br />>I find it odd that for an example she chose something she clearly hasn't read much about when there are thousands of examples of false information propagating around the web. <br /><br />Agreed, I was <i>very</i> surprised to find myself put in the same category as Donald Trump!<br /><br />>It's almost as if she's not a very good journalist.<br /><br />She may be a very good journalist, for all I know. But on this topic, the authenticity of the Shroud, she clearly hasn't checked her facts, including my blog.<br /><br />And what was particularly disturbing is that Ms Frampton, since she is the Editor, deleted not just mine, but all the comments and <i>falsely</i> put in their place "0 Comment(s)". Which is still there-I just checked.<br /><br />Stephen E. Jones<br />----------------------------------<br />MY POLICIES. Comments are moderated. Those I consider off-topic, offensive or sub-standard will not appear. Except that comments under my latest post can be on any one Shroud-related topic. To avoid time-wasting debate I normally allow only one comment per individual under each one of my posts.Stephen E. Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16183223752386599799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955388713581848615.post-69247223460994348122016-12-07T00:41:48.910+08:002016-12-07T00:41:48.910+08:00What's funny is that I completely agree with h...What's funny is that I completely agree with her premise. I find it odd that for an example she chose something she clearly hasn't read much about when there are thousands of examples of false information propagating around the web. It's almost as if she's not a very good journalist.Kylenoreply@blogger.com