Comments on: INCESTUOUS BLOGGING?

By: The Commissar

The Commissar — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

I disagree with Jennifer. The Blogosphere is the ultimate meritocracy. Sure, Glenn Reynolds got there "the firstest with the mostest." Just like Jeff Bezos. That's the way the world works. Glenn/Jeff are bright guys; they had the big idea, the promotional savvy, the luck?, and they established their market leadership early. In the Blogosphere, look below the Instapundit level. Blogs that entertain, inform or provoke attract attention (and, yes, there's a prommotional aspect there, too) gain readership. Look at "Allah," new this summer, now one of the "must reads." Kim du Toit's essay got wide circulation. Look at the Iraqi bloggers. Any coziness or incestuousness can be broken into, modified, or replaced. It's the ultimately fluid, perfect market, with a currency of traffic, rewarding that intangible "quality."

By: Christopher Cross

Christopher Cross — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Would linking to this piece merely reinforce the incestuous nature of the 'sphere?

By: Lead and Gold

Lead and Gold — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Those cozy bloggers
Outside the Beltway has a good analysis as well.

By: One Fine Jay

One Fine Jay — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Intellectual laziness and cowardice: a look at mob frenzy in the sphere
Doc J points to the latest infuriating review of the blogosphere as a whole, this time by one Jennifer Howard on the Washington Post. (Can we all agree that she alone, given her own choice of blogs to read, does not have the resources nor the insight t...

By: Tiger: Raggin' & Rantin'

Tiger: Raggin' & Rantin' — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Blitzin' the Blogosphere OK, folks, the Cowboys are playin' in the ESPN Sunday Night game, so in order to get them ready to whoop up on the New England Patriots, I am gonna start the action by blitzin' the blogosphere.SilverBlue is handin' out...

By: The American Mind

The American Mind — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Weblogs Illustrate Human Nature
Jennifer Howard thinks the blogosphere is too incestuous. Certain webloggers are constantly linking to one another. Somehow, she fell into

By: Third Superpower

Third Superpower — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Manufacturing a Blog Backlash
A year ago, I barely knew what blogs were. Within a few months, they’d become a staple of my daily...

By: Matthew J. Stinson | weblog

Matthew J. Stinson | weblog — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Blogosphere groupthink?
James Joyner posts a lengthy excerpt from a WaPo Outlook article by Jennifer Howard which criticizes the blogosphere for being too chummy. Admittedly, the examples that Jennifer drew upon were from arts and entertainment blogs, and their tendency for c...

By: ATtheHEARTofIT

ATtheHEARTofIT — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Read THIS! Who are YOU? (I have my list of weird O's!) ...that's not YOU right!? Who comes here??? A butcher, a baker or a candle stick

By: Classical Values

Classical Values — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

A "cozy" world -- of ad hominem attacks? I am more than a day late with this, and other bloggers have beaten me to it, but here I go anyway. Jennifer Howard asks whether the Blogosphere has gotten a little too cozy:What began as the ultimate outsider activity... ---