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Pyramid scheme.
Robert Scoble comments on the new good old boys network:
And I've been blogging less than five years. Ahh, welcome to the new good old boys network.Yet assuming that Robert continues to work at blogging, and someone else starts putting in the work day after day, they would still be five years behind him, and far less likely to join the good old boys network.So, how do you change this? I have some ideas. But, they require you to put in the work. I blog every day from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. and on weekends. And that's after putting in a day's work doing a video blog for Microsoft and answering email and doing a bunch of networking.
If you're willing to put in the work day after day after day for five years you'll find yourself in the good old boys network too.
It's like a pyramid scheme. The first people in move to the top of the pyramid. newer people start at the bottom, pushing the people at the top higher. As new people start blogging, they quickly notice Robert and a few other key bloggers who are often quoted, and they link to them, pushing their ratings and their credibility upward. I think that it would be quite unlikely, though not impossible, that an unknown blogger starting today would be able to enter the good old boys blogging network, regardless of gender.
Also, with increased readership, it is more likely that when Robert links to things he likes, there will be many readers that like the same things.
Of course, that doesn't make Robert's point any less valid. You should write often about what you enjoy. People will listen.