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Most read blogs least original


posted on 2004/03/05 11:23

 

OK, so I'm spinning the first paragraph a bit. Still, it stands.


 

'topics would often appear on a few relatively unknown blogs days before they appeared on more popular sites'


 

'infectious people can be hard to find because they do not always receive attribution for being the first to point to an interesting idea or news item'


 

I did wonder aloud here why people via big names (Kottke, plasticbag, boingboing) when often the original idea comes from somewhere else.


 

See my small rant about Animals on the Underground.


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Reading / Popular Blogs 'Borrow' Topics: Warning: Blogs Can Be Infectious - The most-read webloggers aren't necessarily the ones with the most original ideas, say researchers...


 

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(Sunday) FAQ: Why do bloggers kill kittens?


 

Oh dear. The perils of misinterpretation by bitter geeks.


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plasticbag.org / Why do bloggers kill kittens?: A couple of days ago I posted a rather aggressive link through to comedy arch-nemeses 2lmc the other day complaining about their post Most read blogs least original which cited an article from Wired News called Warning: Blogs Can Be...



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