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The Rise and Fall of Blogs
i-Love-to-blog writes "Blogs have revolutionized information delivery. They not only made the world much more smaller, but a lot more personal, united and un-afraid as well. Events like the September 11 attacks and the Iraq invasion made news channels take a back seat. Wired claimed blogs to be what Napster was to music. They even have a wager on Weblogs outranking the New York Times Web site by 2007. People got paid to blog. Then they got fired for that. Some lost money for blogging their ideas. Most just hand out links these days. When was the last time your favorite blogger talked sense? Have blogs reached a saturation point? Blogging burnout is a humorous look at the rise and fall of weblogs."
Slashdot is not a weblog. It is a forum. It is not some "Real World" WebTV, aka, weblogs, where you just sit and consume some emo's angst and marvel at his or her lack of taste in music.
It is a community where a large number of people have discussions (and flame each other) about various news topics.
A weblog is one-way 'entertainment'.
Hokey statistics and ancient misconceptions are no match for a good thought in your head, kid!
Calling Slashdot a "blog" is like calling Candid Camera "reality television" or FM radio "streaming audio." A neologism loses some of its punch when you start retroactively applying it to pre-existing examples.
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