February 24, 2004
On Blogging
James Landrith points out a couple interesting blogging articles.
First, Dan Farber asks What's up with blogging, and why should you care?:
Many blogging advocates believe that blogs are the most significant democratizing force since the rise of the Internet itself.Maybe, maybe not. But blogs do open channels of communications and lead to relationships that would otherwise not exist.
Second, Eric Richardson asks Can Corporations and Blogging Co-exist?:
.... .the fundamental problem with corporate blogging. There is a conflict of interest between the open nature of the blog format and the restraints of corporate image and sponsorship.I don't know as this is a real conflict on a clearly branded corporate blog. Readers can see the sponsorship information and appropriately filter what they are reading.
If, on the other hand, a business or political entity pays folks to man a blog that appears to be simply the voices of its author(s) when in fact it is a stealth propaganda effort then Richardson's conflict holds.
Posted by Steve on February 24, 2004
