The Daily Internet. Topix.net weblog. Rick Skrenta of Topix.net sees weblogs and blogging as a kind of second coming for the Usenet newsgroup. Usenet newsgroups have declined in importance but at one time they were the major source for grass roots opinion, comment, amd help. Today's blogosphere because it is author based doesn't have the spam or anarchy (he feels) of Usenet. But -- "is this [blogging] going to be the domain a small, self-selected technical (or perhaps literary) elite, or will it have broader mainstream significance?" Topix.net is betting on the second as it performs "editorial automation" on the constant stream of new news and content.
Posted by Gwen at August 30, 2004 09:54 AM