What's a blog?

[petardier]

A co-worker just asked me that question. My answer was that blogs are like on-line diaries that anyone can read. I sent him a link to one that deals with subjects of interest to him. We'll see if he can stop at just one.

I also mentioned that blogs aren't 100% reliable since they lack the fact-checking done by the better sort of big media organizations. That's over-simplifying, but better than no warning at all.

What would you tell someone who had just heard about blogs and wanted to know more?

Comments

[leemoyer.livejournal.com]

...blogs aren't 100% reliable since they lack the fact-checking done by the better sort of big media organizations. That's over-simplifying, but better than no warning at all.

Bwa ha ha!

I hope you gave him a stronger warning about the Wholly-Owned Corporate Media.
Fact-checking - That's SO 1976!