Sue Thomas brought this old (2003) but valid discussion of online community to my attention http://shirky.com/writings/group_enemy.htmlA Group Is Its Own Worst EnemyClay Shirky
Monthly Archives: March 2005
What is a blog?
The word “blog” is short for “weblog” or “web log” It was originally a way for people to document the interesting sites they found on the web, so they were originally just a list of links with some description. Then the metajournalling craze caught on and blogs became something more