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AOL Buying Up Blogs

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the i-have-no-comment dept.

1%warren writes "The Register has posted a report on AOL's purchase of many of the more popular Blogs. It quotes an AOL executive as saying: 'You can't really put figures on this, but we think we have 78 per cent of the libertarian news blogs, and 91 per cent of the ClueTrain Manifesto fan sites.'" As happens with these things, I am not allowed to comment.

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  1. April Fool's Jokes not news by teslatug · · Score: 1, Troll

    It's a bit tedious having to sift through Aprilf Fool's jokes on news sites today, but what happens if you try a search a few months from now, or a few years from now, and they still show up. They could be dangerous if not clearly marked as so since even reputable sites do this. It is very easy to spread mis-information on the web, which is why people tend to read only a few sites that they trust. That is why I don't think it would be a good idea for reputable sites to indulge in this kind of activity unless they specifically mark the stories as jokes on April 2nd.
    And no, I don't consider the stories here on Slashdot to be particularly truthful anyway, but the sites linked might be.

  2. Re:All your Blogs... by typedef · · Score: 0, Troll

    WOW thats funney! And haev you heard of this new website called goatse.cx!? Its reeally funney! It has a pictujre of a man streching his anus! Eww, gross!! LOR~~!!@#

    k thx bye

  3. Re:April fools? by rblancarte · · Score: 0, Troll

    All your tired April Fools jokes are belong to Slashdot.

    Must be a slow April Fools year.

    RonB

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