Yahoo Experimenting with Blogs?

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Yahoo Experimenting with Blogs?

Posted by Hemos on Monday August 25, 2003 @02:15AM from the trying-to-make-a-buck dept.

Tee Emm writes "Sven Latham reports on his Yet Another Blog that Yahoo is (probably) experimenting with its blog services for its general users. The test bench is in Korea and may be followed by an international service on yahoo.com. On the main Yahoo site, blogs.yahoo.com as well as blog.yahoo.com both are active though they take you to yahoo groups interface."

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IM Blogs by rf0 · 2003-08-25 02:18 · Score: 4, Funny

Now what would be cool is if they could intergrate Yahoo IM so you could blog from your IM window. OF course just being careful that your talk with FitGirl 18/f/US (who is actually FatBloke 37/m/US) isn;t automatically logged :)

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Not first post, first blog. by 51M02 · 2003-08-25 02:19 · Score: 4, Interesting

I would be interested in knowing which was the first blog system site ever created. My guess would be LiveJournal.com but I won't be sure. Does someone has a clue?

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1. Re:Not first post, first blog. by happystink · 2003-08-25 02:23 · Score: 4, Informative
  
  Pitas.com was, it's mentioned in Rebecca Blood's history of weblogs.
  
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2. Re:Not first post, first blog. by govtcheez · 2003-08-25 02:27 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  People blogged about sandwiches? Jesus, the Internet's been worthless since its inception, apparently.
Just what we need. by slusich · 2003-08-25 02:19 · Score: 5, Insightful

Another place for people no one cares about to post rants no one will ever read. Isn't there enough of this on the net already?

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1. Re:Just what we need. by kermitron · 2003-08-25 02:23 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  On the upside; ever since my friends all got blogs, they've stopped sending me chain emails from 1791 that will give me good luck if I forward them to 15 other people within sixty seconds.
  There might be a downside I don't see.
  
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2. Re:Just what we need. by sootman · 2003-08-25 02:45 · Score: 4, Insightful
  
  Evidently, not quite. There will be "enough" when AOL and MSN and Yahoo! and everyone else offer them and every person has (at least) one. Same as anything else: companies constantly feel the need to make barriers to entry lower and lower until everyone who could possibley want one, has one.
  
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Never seen that before. by CGP314 · 2003-08-25 02:19 · Score: 5, Funny

The story on slashdot was longer than the story it linked to.
Blog... by LordYUK · 2003-08-25 02:21 · Score: 4, Funny

I've always thought the word "Blog" sounded like something you heaved up...

"Whats wrong with Bill today, is he sick?"

"Yeah, he's at home, blogging up his guts."

"Oh, I hate it when I blog."

or

"OH MY GOD PULL OVER I AM GOING TO BLOG!!" ::sound of blog hitting ground::

"BLOG!! BLOG BLOG!!! ugh, I dont feel well..."

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1. Re:Blog... by happystink · 2003-08-25 02:25 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Totally, I think originally the word stood for "butt log"
  
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I don't know about this... by Capt_Troy · 2003-08-25 02:22 · Score: 4, Interesting

There's something about a blog that is entirely created and maintained by the blogger. I mean, would any of us really read wil wheaton's site if he just kept it at yahoo?

Nothing against yahoo or anything. It's great for people who don't have the resources or knowledge to maintain such a thing, but I doubt I'll be perusing the blogs on yahoo any time soon. Would you?

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1. Re:I don't know about this... by m00nun1t · 2003-08-25 02:31 · Score: 4, Interesting
  
  Just like no one would use an OS where you didn't have to compile the kernel yourself?
  
  Blogging is still pretty niche and dominated by techie talk, and a LOT of meta-blogging. Something like this, the AOL blogging service and presumably MSN blogs (was in job ads a few months ago) will bring blogging to the masses, for better or worse.
  
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2. Re:I don't know about this... by dsmoses · 2003-08-25 02:43 · Score: 4, Insightful
  
  >I mean, would any of us really read wil wheaton's site if he just kept it at yahoo?
  
  I would be willing to bet that more people outside of /. would read it then.
  
  Really, how many /. people use AOL, how many /. people think they can make money helping out our Nigerian friends. Yet these things still happen, and make money on them. /. users are the minority and I doubt that Yahoo is really considering the /. crowd as their target demographic.
  
  AOL annouced earlier this summer that they were going to set up the ability for their users to run blogs, so now Yahoo has to do it as well.
August 25, 2003 by PetoskeyGuy · 2003-08-25 02:22 · Score: 4, Funny

Spent all day reading slashdot again. I posted a comment and it never even got any points. Fark had an awesome story about a guy doing something dumb. I finally have my very own blog so I can share my thoughts with the world.

August 26, 2003
Spent all day reading slashdot again. That Microsoft Sux.

August 27, 2003
Spent all day reading slashdot again. I hate SCO, they suck.

August 28, 2003
Spent all day reading slashdot again. Just upgraded to Windows XP. It sucks.
So many 'interesting' people by Willow_mt · 2003-08-25 02:25 · Score: 4, Funny

This is just another addition to the idea "I want to be reachable everywhere and I want to let everyone know how interesting I am".
Most people just don't see the point of how this makes them less interesting.

That said, let's make another entry in my journal ;)
Actual Story by GeorgeH · 2003-08-25 02:29 · Score: 5, Insightful

The article neglected to include the permalink to the story.

On a related tangent, how long before our schools start teaching kids how to write in hypertext? I would love for MLA to cover rules like "the linked resource should be relevant to the words that are used to link to it," "never include punctuation in hyperlinks," or "you will die a fiery death if you link the word 'here' to a resource."

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Does anyone still use Yahoo!? by Anonymous Coward · 2003-08-25 02:30 · Score: 4, Insightful

Thought not. Better (less ad-infested) services can be found with competitors. They've stamped the only jewel in their crown, eGroups (now Yahoo! Groups) right into the ground - people only use it now because it's such a pain to migrate a mailing list elsewahere. If this blogging service is as bad as Yahoo! Groups is now, I can't see it taking off (I personally, will be sticking with my Slashdot Journal).
Re:Let's count by Anonymous Coward · 2003-08-25 02:33 · Score: 5, Funny

You know what I love, people who go on about how web journals are shit, and worthless. But then keep one (check out the homepage)
Why? by Jeremy+Erwin · 2003-08-25 02:33 · Score: 4, Funny

Suppose Yahoo starts hosting blogs.
In three months, it will become popular.
In four months, it will become popular with "adults."
In five months, Yahoo Blogs will become a premiere conduit for erotic content.
In six months, Yahoo Blogs will force the reader to view a full screen ad before reading content
In seven months, Yahoo Blogs will start imposing bandwidth caps.
In eight months, readers of such blogs will be denied access to archives.
Re:Let's count by Call+Me+Black+Cloud · 2003-08-25 02:36 · Score: 4, Funny

I agree. It's much more interesting to read the thoughts of a 19 year old college student with his own domain name (with the name being swiped from MST3K).
Yes it is true by acehole · 2003-08-25 02:38 · Score: 4, Informative

I know the sys admin for yahoo, they've been working on a blog system since early this year. As with everything yahoo does, Korea is where they test it.

Korea is actually thier biggest money maker too, there is a avatar system that they have access to and people pay to buy virtual clothes and other such things for their own personal avatar. They make a fortune out of it, it's crazy.

But yeah... yahoo is definitely get a blog system.

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Content == King by RobotRunAmok · 2003-08-25 02:46 · Score: 4, Insightful

Having the resources or knowledge to maintain a blog does not make what you have to write in the blog any more worth reading than what the Yahoo-ites have to say. Sadly, many of the technically-savvy have failed to realize this.

The truth of the matter is, if what you say is worth reading on a regular, or even daily basis, someone will step in and provide you with the resources to maintain your blog, thereby freeing you up to focus on your writing. These resource-providers are called publishers. Whether or not the blog-writer has a publisher is a good litmus test for whether I will devote any of my time reading what he writes.

As for keeping up with friends' activities: we use the telephone. Terribly Old School that way.

It's like graphic design. The personal computer programs that have made it cheap and easy for someone to do the *work* of a designer do not magically transform everyone *into* a designer.
Yawn...Blogs are just by bob670 · 2003-08-25 03:09 · Score: 5, Interesting

an overly tech oriented replacment for "Dear Diary" and a waste of time for most readers. So unless your the current equivalent of Lewis & Clark or General Grant or Abraham Lincoln it's pretty much just cheap therapy and soap boxes for the commons...
Not trying to create flamebait, but honestly, what use is...
Dear Blog (July 25): Just read an article on Yahoo about the guy with no feet who is walking cross county on his hands to raise money for kids born without ear lobes. Isn't that uplifting???
Dear Blog (July 25) I love my new iMac, it's just so yummy and friendly, not like the evil Micro$oft Winblows. Yuck!
Dear Blog (July 26): I hate that darn Marsha Brady, she's just so perfect!!!
Dear Blog (July 29): I just read an article on Yahoo about world politics, what follows are my 3.5 pages of unfocussed rant, aren't I smart world?
Dear Blog (July 30): Why won't he notice me damnit? Well, he'll notice when his cat disappears, the PETA website says we should free all the domestically enslaved house pets anyway. Here goes nothing?
Dear Blog (July 31): Mom took me to the doctor today, they say the Lithium will take the edge off, but I am not sure what that means. Think I will take a nap now......
Who F ing cares, personal Blogs are 99% attention whoring. And there's plenty of chat rooms, message boards and newsgroups for that purpose, just use this post as an example.