As I have written in the past week, I have a number of linkblogs and linkblog sites:
- Liveblog47 – Links to liveblogs covering the current Trump administration
- Linkblog – A place for my links
- AndySylvester.com – my links category
- KamalaCampaignTimeline – a single page site of links to media during the Kamala Harris presidential campaign
I have used different tools for these sites, but I consider all of them to be linkblogs of one kind or another. Many people have linkblogs. However, this week, Dave Winer says that he “had to do a definitive linkblog“. Really? Like there is such a thing. Is there a “definitive blog”? Dave has commented on how people should not start a group “whose name says you own the future of something that is open” (podcasting), or what constitutes the open social web. Please – let’s have a little humility here. Linkblogs are everywhere and have lots of variety, just like regular blogs. No need to add the adjective “definitive” here…
I think Dave is referring to the RSS feed for linkblogs as I believe he made some changes for better sharing of links. Remember for Dave everything boils to outlines and RSS.
Frank, thanks for the feedback. I agree that he is doing some things with the feed he is creating within WordLand, and it sounds like he has some plan in mind for implementing his ideas on RSS powering the open social web. I just think that he doesn’t own linkblogging, or better ways of creating feeds, and saying he has a “definitive linkblog” is arrogant to me.