The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #69046   Message #1168534
Posted By: JohnInKansas
22-Apr-04 - 09:43 PM
Thread Name: BS: Is Mudcat a 'Blog'?
Subject: RE: BS: Is Mudcat a 'Blog'?
I should pretend I messed up the links above on purpose, but just so you don't have to read the source:

The "new" phenomenon is the "photo-blog." While they violate the criterion that one blogger should "own" the blog site and be the source of all the material posted, there are several sites where people with "phonecams" can take a picture (with their digital telephone's built in minicamera) and have it immediately transmitted and posted. Sort of a "communal blog." One of the first, and possible the only still "all free" ones is at mobog. (You can click on the "Censored" at the top to "uncensor" and see everything, but it doesn't really matter because it only "censors" what the "submittor" tags as objectionable.) Perhaps encouraging for a brief look if you think your photos are a little amateur or inane, but be warned that this stuff seems to be most popular with the "young and h…ny." NOT for children, although there are several other "similar technology" sites that might be.

One that amounts to a blog, at Obscenely named site was started by the same guy who runs mobog when he got ticked off at similar sites that purport to tell you what companies you should invest in. This one tells you what ones have f…d up and are about to "tank" – in his opinion. He does have a "credible" scoring system. You might actually get useful information from this one, although the "format" may be objectionable.

NO RECOMMENDATION that anyone actually use any of the above.

John