David Yirchott wrote:
Peter is exactly right. Like almost all natural language words,
"blog"
it is defined heuristically, not synthetically. (And that's
indicated
by the semantic drift the term has enjoyed since 1997.)
Hmmm I am not sure that I'd agree that "blog" is defined
Hmmm I am not sure that I'd agree that blog is defined
heuristically
-- and if that were so, perhaps now it does mean all websites. Though,
perhaps you could be more clear in what you mean (I think either you
have
the wrong word or I have the wrong definition). To me heuristically is
like
David Yirchott wrote:
If there is a useful list of blog characteristics, shouldn't that equal
a
clearcut blogness test?
Can such a list be "clearcut" when items can have some of the
qualities and not all of them?
Anyway, the true problem is that none of the items
on the list you've
Charles HOPE wrote:
David Yirchott wrote:
Are all current blogs without RSS not full blogs?
I'm still waiting to hear of these many blogs that aren't running RSS +
trackbacks. What is their number compared to those that do? Remember, these
words are description of reality, not
Charles,
I was rather hoping you'd respond to:
If you respond to this post, I'd love to see your answers to:
1) Can a website with periodic personal posts, but no RSS or trackbacks be
a blog?
2) What if it has periodic posts and RSS, but no trackbacks?
3) What if it is a television station
