ArticlesI think the biggest semantic difference between the Usenet and the Blogosphere, is that in the newsgroup you get everyone’s opinion on one topic, and in a blog, you get one person’s opinion on many topics.
Related to that is how you subscribe. In a newsgroup, you subscribe to everything, and then filter out the noise with a killfile, until the signal gets strong enough to be worthwhile… hopefully. With a blog, you occasionally test-drive a new blog, and, if it has a high enough signal-to-noise, you add it to your RSS aggregator.
So here’s my point: We have a perfectly good word for saying “That was a stupid post. I’ve added you to my killfile.” – *plonk* is from the hypothetical sound a user-id makes, as it lands at the bottom of the killfile.
Where is the opposite word that means “Hey! Nice blog! I’ve added you to my RSS aggregator!”?
Comment by Alastair on September 15, 2005
Yes, that one topic was Nazi Germany.
Comment by Aristotle Pagaltzis on September 16, 2005
“Gobble gobble gobble…”
Comment by Julian on September 16, 2005
I think if I emailed that to someone, they are more likely to think that I am calling them a turkey!
I’ve been trying to work out what noise a blogroll might make when it was in action.
Comment by Casey on September 16, 2005
I suggest “zing!”. It’s the sound – a happy sound! – of a newsfeed gaining a friend.
Comment by Aristotle Pagaltzis on September 16, 2005
There’s a difference to telling them you subscribed to their weblog…?
🙂
I didn’t suggest it for no reason!
Comment by xxxx on September 19, 2005
knolp!