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I missed that Seth has a blog. He's been right about many things, but I think he's wrong about one thing: blogs are not just for talkers, for talkers have no time for links. The best blogs synthesize, and reflect. Not just news, but a way to triangulate, as Dave describes it. I hope he rethinks.
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Comments (5)
Larry,
Whenever I read a blog raging against an injustice, my first thought is "How can I change that?" I often want to e-mail a politician, read up on legislation, or (at times) donate money through Pay Pal, but usually there is no such hyperlink. Whenever I google for an answer, I inevitably get sidetracked.
If we linked *directly* to these types of resources in our daily blogs, perhaps we could be more effective and less (as Seth thinks) "talk".
Roger Rustad
contributing editor
Greplaw.org
Roger, absolutely yes. It should be as easy for us to donate to a cause we believe in as it is to buy something. I'd like to see this happen in weblogs.
I am not sure why you think that Seth is wrong
about the purpose of blogs.
Blog can't exist without talkers, can they? Each
blog requires a talker. That is a fundamental rule.
Once a blog has a talker, where it goes depends on
the amount of information sprouting out by the talker,
the ability of the listeners to participate (via comments),
and the interest of the talker in the listeners.
Joseph Pietro Riolo
<riolo@voicenet.com>
Public domain notice: I put all of my expressions in
this comment in the public domain.
Interview with Larry Lessig on Bopnews.com
I finally wrote a reply to this kind post.
Blogging, talkers, and reasons