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Blogs have value and serve a purpose, of course.But let's take them for what they are.
Blogs are not news.
They are not journalism.
They do, however, represent an ongoing dialogue in response to news and journalism.
And it's good to have a dialogue.
BusinessWeek's Blogspotting blog noted that the number of blogs is decreasing.
The question of just how big the blogosphere is has caused some debate recently, and the BusinessWeek blog notes that the "State of the Live Web" figures of 15.5 million blogs reflects live blogs, opposed to the often reported figure of over 70 million - which includes all blogs.
It's not surprising to learn that the majority of blogs are inactive.
Not everybody needs their own soapbox, and a lot of people that have one, probably shouldn't.
The Cnet blog says the bubble has burst, and the millions of people who were at first excited by the phenomenon have grown bored with it.
There are those who take exception to the notion that the blogosphere has reached saturation - those who would have us believe that it is, and should be, limitless.
Unfortunately, the vast majority of blogs in the blogosphere contain nothing worthwhile.
A comment in the ValleyWag blog aptly points out that there is only a finite number of people who can write something interesting.
A strange sort of evolution has happened.
The blog, wh...
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