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Something called Sifry’s Alerts has a very complicated response to Shirkey that may or may not effectively rebut Shirkey, because the math escapes me. (Well, okay, it’s just slopes. But still.) He makes a persuasive case that Sifry’s Power Laws aren’t immutable, because a group of people can get together and make a newcomer’s blog more popular and scheme not to list the “big” bloggers on their blogrolls. Fine. But, even then, it’s more likely that it’ll be a newcomer that started yesterday than one that starts tomorrow.

About the Author: James Joyner is the publisher of Outside the Beltway and the managing editor of the Atlantic Council. He's a former Army officer, Desert Storm vet, and college professor with a PhD in political science from The University of Alabama. He lives just outside the Beltway in Alexandria, Virginia with his wife and infant daughter.

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