- Bloggernacle
__NOTOC__The Bloggernacle or Bloggernacle Choir is a name that has been adopted by some in the LDS blogging community to describe the
Mormon portion of theblogosphere . It was created as a play on words of theMormon Tabernacle Choir . An individual LDS blogger is sometimes referred to as a bloggernacker, nacker, naccer or bloggern. Not all LDS-themed bloggers like or use the name Bloggernacle, or even consider their blog to be part of it.History
On
March 23 ,2004 , due to an article in The Revealer, [ [http://www.therevealer.org/archives/daily_000274.php The Revealer: ] ] the Mormon blogging community noticed that theJewish andCatholic blogging communities had adopted names for themselves. In a blog post titled "The Nameless Mormon Blogosphere", [ [http://www.timesandseasons.org/index.php?p=562 Times & Seasons » The Nameless Mormon Blogosphere ] ] thewriter Kaimi Wenger at the LDS blogTimes and Seasons sought to remedy this situation and asked for suggestions for a name. Christopher Bradford posting under the name "Grasshopper" suggested "Bloggernacle Choir", the shortened version of which gained wide approval. "Bloggernacle" is a term that has been used commonly by LDS bloggers.During
2005 , several LDS-themed podcasts entered the Bloggernacle to augment LDS blogging with audio programming.ee also
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St. Blog's Parish - Name adopted by Catholic blogging community.
*J-Blogosphere - Name adopted by Jewish blogging communityNotes
References
* [http://web.mit.edu/21w.780/Materials/blogs%20and%20religion%20NYT.html NY Times article] , 5 March 2005, “Faithful Track Questions, Answers and Minutiae on Blogs”, Debra Nussbaum Cohen
* [http://www.sltrib.com/portlet/article/html/fragments/print_article.jsp?article=3232348 Salt Lake Tribune article] , 18 November 2005, "A weblog full of 'tiny dramas in Mormon lives' has a bigger drama going on behind the scenes", Peggy Fletcher StackExternal links
The following is a list of indices, which include several of the blogs in the Bloggernacle.
* [http://www.mormon-blogs.com/ LDS & Mormon Blogs]
* [http://www.ldselect.org/ LDSelect]
* [http://www.ldsblogs.org/ Mormon Archipelago]
* [http://www.mormonblogs.org/ Mormon Blogs]
* [http://www.mormonpodcasts.org/ Mormon Podcast]
* [http://www.nothingwavering.org/ Nothing Wavering]
* [http://planet.kzion.com/ Planet LDS]
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