I have just read a digest of assertion and counter-assertion re the prevalence of women bloggers. Not one person offered any statistics. Although Nancy gave a rough estimate. Surely, this is one place where qual and quant can agree. Researchers gotta get their categories right, but then should keep their canons dry and at least do some sampling, counting and percentaging. Remember what "R" stands for in AoIR? Barry Wellman _____________________________________________________________________ Barry Wellman S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology NetLab Director Centre for Urban & Community Studies University of Toronto 455 Spadina Avenue Toronto Canada M5S 2G8 fax:+1-416-978-7162 wellman at chass.utoronto.ca http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman For fun -- updating songs, movies and history: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php Elvis wouldn't be singing Return to Sender now _____________________________________________________________________