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The Rule (or is that “r00L”?) of the Masses

July 21st, 2003

the Technorati Top 100 looks significantly different than it did a few weeks ago. Although apparently it’s sort of old news, I missed that Technorati, the nifty service that lets you know which weblogs link to which other weblogs, started including LiveJournal users in its mix.
What’s amazing is the order of magnitude by which the hyperlinking between LiveJournal users totally outstrips the “mainstream” webloggers. Even mighty contenders like Slashdot, Boing Boing, and Instapundit are knocked from the top spots.
LiveJournal has a reputation of being populated by geeky teenage gamers, but they’ve clearly built a social network that’s as, if not more, robust than the non-LiveJournal blogosphere.
Prediction: this is just a shadow of what we’ll see when AOL Journals start to get traction.

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  1. Richard Soderberg
    July 21st, 2003 at 21:11 | #1
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    Perfect summary — mind if I link it? It’s interesting that Slashdot is now 5th, instead of 1st or 100th. I can’t wait for AOL Journals :)

  2. floating atoll
    July 21st, 2003 at 21:13 | #2
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    Voice training

    AOL Journal brings in the potential of millions of new voices, and how the existing communities react to this will be the sociological event of the year; whether it happens or not, AOL Journal brings in the potential of millions of new voices, and how the existing communities react to this will be the sociological event of the year; whether it happens or not,

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