Steve Clayton cited BadLanguage.net in a recent post and put me on his blog roll. Any blog that links to Bad Language is a good blog. The post is about the value of blogs as a news source:
[M]uch of what I read and where I source my news is no longer from big publishers. I get my news fix from blogs almost entirely.
He perceives them as less biased, more authoritative and more humorous (apparently this is where I come in).
He ends with a question: how do you prioritise fifty blogs? This is a good, important question. I think the answer has something to do with headline writing and other techniques from journalism.
My question is: if only 4% of internet users ‘get’ RSS, as I read somewhere, is there a blog divide between a techno-elite and the rest of the population? What are the implications of this? Are we just playing with our toys or are the others missing out on something crucial?
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sigh…you’re so much better at writing eye catching headlines than me. Why didn’t I think of the blog divide?
Lets hope our little orange RSS friend start’s getting some more airtime. How long before we see a BBC TV program with an RSS icon and URL in the credits I ask myself.