Well, it appears that the NYC Asian PropKids have seized control of the Featured Content list.  LOL

Make no mistake: the NYC first and then the Hawaiian chapters of the (largely) Asian PropKids are by far the most sizeable  demographically self-defined contingents here on Xanga.  How “self-defined”?  Blogrings.  Blogrings characterized by either their ethnicity or regionality or both.

Top five blogrings by size in the "Friends" category:

..::NyC PeOpLe::..  (819 weblogs)
All the New Yorkers gotta stick together rite?? Doesn't matter wat race, ethicity or religion u are..If u live in New York, be proud and JOIN!! =D

* aSiAnz to da phuLLezt *  (680 weblogs)
wdup f0oz x] join if u a troo asian n u aint fucken ashamed to b wun..sOo join alreadi!! x]

Da 808 Krew!  (500 weblogs)
This is for all you local peeps from Hawaii! Jus' join and help represent that one 'n only 808 state! You know how we roll!

>|| PnOy)::..::|F |L |I |P *sTyLeS::..:(:PnAy ||<  (461 weblogs)
ThIs BLOG RING isH Fo All MaH FeLloW FILi-PiN-oZ !! AzN PrYDe...!! ((*mUaH*))...ThIs RiNg Ish JUsS a WaY FeR AlL yA'll to ExPrEsS YeR mIndZ..AnD a wAy FeR AlL ThA aZn XANGA members ToOh CoMe ToGeThEr..!! aIigHt..TANx..!! MuCh Luv .. I'M oUt..

*-NyCz 7i8 aZnz xP- *  (452 weblogs)
*~fer alla da aznz reppin' da 7i8 area xD ~*
(or f0e' any ppl dat w0nna juss j0in ur welcum to =])
if yoo b joinin...leav me a comment n e propz or somedinq aiiz?... hehe denxx wun luff ehn enj0y <3
damnz...wuhz wid alla deze fuqin nikketz...joqin da name of mai rinq ehn tryna rock it ehz??..pyshhh s'all gud tho xP

And the top 7 blogrings by size in the "States" category:

New York City Asians  (719 weblogs)
A place for all NYC Asians to sit down and have a cup of coffee while thuggin it.

Hawaii peeps!  (600 weblogs)
aLohA! iF u LiVe In HaWaIi cOmE jOiN tHiS rInG. cOmE oN pPlZ! wE gOtTa ReP dA 808 StAtE!

.:: NyC KrN/Chink AsiaN ::.  (246 weblogs)
i want this blog ring to let all nyc asians to make new friends and know more people who live around them or close to them

*~mHs, hAwAii~*  (226 weblogs)
mililani high school

808Stright thuggin' in PearlCity(Livin' LARGE)  (176 weblogs)
For all in the 808 state..!! Represent!! Well..for all types, from sk8ers, slackers, BG's, to thugs pimps and ho's...from the dorks. to the mr cools, and all the average joe's, and anything beyond and in between!!!

NyC *718* Queens  (167 weblogs)
Ppl who live in queens basically..u guys know who you are or anyone else who wants to join.

New Jersey Asian-Americans  (138 weblogs)
According to Census 2000, New Jersey has the second largest APA population behind California. With so many Jersey Asians, this ring serves to unite fellow yellows in solidarity to share their individual experiences. So come, grab a seat, unbuckle that belt, and share your stories of laughter, your stories of pain, your stories of angst, your stories of gain. Unleash your stories through humor, wit, anger, sorrow, or just ramble. However you choose, go naked!

Don’t get me wrong: I love the PropKids.  They are good kids.  My guess is that they’re staying out of trouble by scribbling cyberly rather than marking gang signs with urban graffiti.  And they’re so enriching, too!  Just listen to some of names they have invented for their most coveted eProp:

propz, epills, pr0pz, ePoopiez, epropssssssss, epOppies, eprOppz, ePillz, e`p`i`l`l`z, epOps, propzz, 2pills, epRoPiEz, e`pillllllz, pilllz, …and more!

But I’m a bit concerned, nonetheless, that the PropKids in their overwhelming numbers are diluting the traditional sometimes excellence of content in the Featured Content by their manic, fun, but oftentimes mindless groping for the propz.   Many of the posts making it into Featured Content anymore are just blatant half-literate pleas for propz, epills, pr0pz, ePoopiez, epropssssssss, epOppies, eprOppz, ePillz, e`p`i`l`l`z, epOps, propzz, 2pills, epRoPiEz, e`pillllllz, pilllz, …with a promise to “hit ya back” with the same. 

Oh, it’s great fun—I’m sure.  Yet I have a proposal for letting them have their fun while, to some degree, still preserving the possibility for featuring literary quality:  Create a new, separate but equal, “Tortured Content” list.  This list would consist of the twenty most popular posts in a 24-hour period which contain at least 20% misspellings.  Plain and simple.  Xanga would just need to devise an autocheck for spelling upon submission and route the content accordingly.

itall be niethr dat mi hoodies or i stylish to be just woa wid the nyc and emo crue.  beqqin a hit me wid da proppeez and i’s all fittin in an takin my font down 2:  so dat i can fill less meanin in too sumtin moe effacinq. cause I lubb propz and will qo pops if da need 2. park here an will hit ya back <3