Comments on: Why everyone should write a blog http://www.26econ.com/why-everyone-should-write-a-blog/ Online economics Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:05:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: TED http://www.26econ.com/why-everyone-should-write-a-blog/#comment-7469 TED Tue, 20 May 2008 10:12:04 +0000 http://www.26econ.com/why-everyone-should-write-a-blog/#comment-7469 Aaron -- Agree with most of your points. However, there are situations where anonymous blogging is both necessary and just. I humbly offer my own site as evidence. If you don't appreciate TED, you can refer to Going Private instead. I am sure someone more clever than I can analyze why bloggers who post anonymously and do not accept comments (like both sites mentioned above) do not suffer from excess stupidity. (I presume you will agree with me that they do not. Perhaps I am wrong.) From my perspective, I think it has to do mostly with pride. Besides, readers can always call an anonymous blogger on a stupid post via e-mail. Anyway, it's a big blogging universe out there, and presumably the marketplace for ideas is efficient enough to allow quality blogs to attract readers. Let a million blogs bloom! The Epicurean Dealmaker Aaron — Agree with most of your points. However, there are situations where anonymous blogging is both necessary and just. I humbly offer my own site as evidence. If you don’t appreciate TED, you can refer to Going Private instead.

I am sure someone more clever than I can analyze why bloggers who post anonymously and do not accept comments (like both sites mentioned above) do not suffer from excess stupidity. (I presume you will agree with me that they do not. Perhaps I am wrong.) From my perspective, I think it has to do mostly with pride. Besides, readers can always call an anonymous blogger on a stupid post via e-mail.

Anyway, it’s a big blogging universe out there, and presumably the marketplace for ideas is efficient enough to allow quality blogs to attract readers. Let a million blogs bloom!

The Epicurean Dealmaker

]]> By: africaeconomist http://www.26econ.com/why-everyone-should-write-a-blog/#comment-7156 africaeconomist Wed, 14 May 2008 15:07:19 +0000 http://www.26econ.com/why-everyone-should-write-a-blog/#comment-7156 Spot on. Blogging also helped me focus more on those aspects of the increasingly complex information stream that really have a bearing on the challenges we are working on. Spot on. Blogging also helped me focus more on those aspects of the increasingly complex information stream that really have a bearing on the challenges we are working on.

]]> By: M http://www.26econ.com/why-everyone-should-write-a-blog/#comment-7096 M Tue, 13 May 2008 02:03:30 +0000 http://www.26econ.com/why-everyone-should-write-a-blog/#comment-7096 It's also a good way to show off your thinking. People like to overthink the same way they like to overconsume. So it's more fun to read something cool and have people know you read it. This is probably a bigger factor in why I write than I'd care to admit. It’s also a good way to show off your thinking. People like to overthink the same way they like to overconsume. So it’s more fun to read something cool and have people know you read it. This is probably a bigger factor in why I write than I’d care to admit.

]]> By: owinok http://www.26econ.com/why-everyone-should-write-a-blog/#comment-7087 owinok Mon, 12 May 2008 08:16:54 +0000 http://www.26econ.com/why-everyone-should-write-a-blog/#comment-7087 You are spot on that blogging regularly helps to improve thinking and places one's reasoning in the public domain so that others may learn or respond to it. It is also a good way to track the improvements in the understanding of a subject. You are spot on that blogging regularly helps to improve thinking and places one’s reasoning in the public domain so that others may learn or respond to it. It is also a good way to track the improvements in the understanding of a subject.

]]> By: Terry Finleyf http://www.26econ.com/why-everyone-should-write-a-blog/#comment-7060 Terry Finleyf Sat, 10 May 2008 23:52:05 +0000 http://www.26econ.com/why-everyone-should-write-a-blog/#comment-7060 That makes sense. It is one reason I write. That makes sense. It is
one reason I write.

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