What exactly are blogs?
The Geek answers that question:
Blogs are the 21st century equivalent of the town tavern, where people go to discuss and argue the events of the day. They are the people’s electric soapboxes.
They are democratic, in that anyone with a computer and an account can join, and they are meritocratic, as your readership and reputation are directly proportional to the quality of your thought, the validity of your arguments, and the correctness of your facts.
Shams, fakes, mistaken facts and weak arguments are exposed by Readers and other bloggers pretty quickly, and often without mercy.
They are a force for political change, in that people with like interests can draw together to propose, accept, and act upon a plan. It is also a vehicle for forming a concensus within and among various factions.
There’s more.
September 5th, 2006 at 1:07 am
what an amazing forum, here we can do what some are not in real time, present.
so we are in a place where yes we can and , But