State of the blogosphere

Technorati founder David Sifry ponders the state of the blogosphere and finds (once again) that it is strong. Among other tidbits: on average, one new blog is created every second of every day, and 55 percent of those bloggers continue posting past the three-month mark.

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This is best description of the "state of the blogosphere" as described by the My Golden State blogger for the LA Times, Michael Hiltzlik:

"quacking lunatics agreeing with each other, punctuated by the occasional voice of reason."

Hiltzlik, by the way, has just been suspended by the Times for using a pseudonym when posting comments on others' blogs, as well as on his own.

What I think is there is a serious and growing disconnect between this new medium of expression and professional journalistic values, one that seriously threatens the role of journalists in society.

Posted by Arthur O'Donnell at April 21, 2006 8:35 PM

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