ergophobe - 4:12 pm on Apr 18, 2008 (gmt 0)

Very interesting. It really takes some effort (on your part in particular!) for me to get this. I really appreciate all the time that went into those two mammoth posts.

I've honestly never thought of blog platforms as having defined audiences. I always think of blogs as being a standalone thing (some on their own domain and some hosted on a service, but the services are not even brands to me, let alone tribes) and I pay no attention to what platform their on typically.

It's so foreign to the way I use the web. Probably 80% (?) of my blog reading is via RSS so after the initial contact where I decide "This is someone I want to follow", I never really see the platform. Most of my general web usage is some sort of data mining (prospecting for answers to well-defined questions).

There it is - as i said in my first post, I absolutely don't get the whole social networking thing. I have enough trouble finding time to keep up with my friends who are physically present, which just goes right to Murdoch's point.