Fake Blogs?
We talked in class about how many newspapers are encouraging or requiring their writers to have blogs. The Charlotte Observer has put a new spin on this. They have a list of their columnists "blogs" online. The problem is that these aren't really blogs.A Nashville Blogger points out that they have no real blog links, meaning they don't link out or create much of a community.
Their links all go to official web sites, but not any other blogs. The whole point of the blogosphere is to widen the community. To link over to other interesting blogs that might expand the readers circle just a little bit further than they have been before. These blogs are self centered, and serve only as a way to expand the number of ways the Observer is trying to saturate the local market. You can't provide real links on your blog if it means taking the reader away from the all important advertisers.But is this really what defines a blog? Does there have to be a network of links? I'm not so sure. Might be something worth pondering.
posted by Emily @ 10:43 AM
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