Blogging
Dave Winer reiterates his distinction between blogging and journalism [http://scripting.com/2016/08/25/reportersNeverUnderstoodBlogs.html], in the wake of Gawker’s end: > Blogs are what sources write, not what reporters write. An irreverent scandal sheet written by professional reporters is not a blog. The piece that triggered
aggregation
[https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2015/03/aggregated-rubbish.jpg] A Gawker piece by James King is doing the rounds today, highlighting the “ripping off” done by the Daily Mail Online [http://tktk.gawker.com/my-year-ripping-off-the-web-with-the-daily-mail-online-1689453286] : > Yes, most outlets regularly aggregate other publications’ work in the
Another reminder of the dangers of building your business on one company’s platform [http://recode.net/2014/08/31/why-building-a-web-business-built-on-facebook-is-so-scary/] : Those are Gawker’s figures – and why did that valley happen? > Read and his co-workers think that this is the result of some algorithm changes Facebook made in