Monday, September 19, 2005
What's a web log?
I just read SMUG's definition of a blog. According to them (who are they?), it basically a compilation of links to other sites. This seems kinda narrow to me. Under this definition, Dooce, which has no links, is not a blog. What about dKos? It has links, but is more focused on internal threads and commentary. Hmmmm...
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I think their definition is an attempt to try and be as narrow as possible. Unfortunately, it is so narrow that is misses out on most blogs. I do not like the mentality of "I link, therefore I am." There are many other reasons why anyone blogs.
That is just a very, very old definition of a blog. The very first blogs were linkfests. But with the advent of new software, e.g., Blogger, bloggers started adding original content to their posts.
Blogging 101 is a good place to look for definitions and history of blogs.
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