Just wanted to take a sec to link to Arianna's new effort, which looks to be amusing at the very least -- are the Saudi oil rigs really rigged to blow? And is it really a good idea to launch your new blog with a post about self-destruct mechanisms? One has to wonder if Arianna has her own escape route planned...
The best thing Arianna's done is include so many different bloggers -- with so many folks blogging, there will always be something new on the site, and something of interest (since all the bloggers have some celebrity). A constant stream of new content is part of the reason group blogs are so successful.
But: in its current configuration I wonder whether the blog will build any kind of community ethos a la MetaFilter or some of the other massive blogs that can be the only real models in terms of size. Because she doesn't allow comments (for reasons I sympathize with: don't these folks bave enough exposure already?) it's a lot harder to respond to what other people are writing or (obviously) have anything resembling a conversation. This is not to say it's impossible to have community, nor that the site will necessarily fail if it's not a community site. I'm just wondering whether the attraction will be anything more than the usual American fascination with celebrity.
Pulp Fiction reference in the post title there?
"Well, I'm a mushroom-cloud-layin-motherfucker, motherfucker!"
Yeah, it wasn't so appropriate maybe, but I couldn't resist that line...
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