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Ribbonfarm Is Retiring

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blfr ◴[] No.41890886[source]
It seems to me that the blogosphere was not a ZIRP but rather a young Internet phenomenon. Which could exists, like usenet before it, when mere access to it was a filtering mechanism.

Once you have seven billion people with virtually no access control, you can't have a public blogosphere, and groups retreat to the cozyweb.

Either way, I enjoyed it while it lasted. Thanks for the Office series!

https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2009/10/07/the-gervais-principle-...

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bartread ◴[] No.41890931[source]
> Once you have seven billion people with virtually no access control, you can't have a public blogosphere, and groups retreat to the cozyweb.

Why can’t you? There’s a logical leap in this statement I don’t follow.

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1. Arubis ◴[] No.41891757[source]
There may be examples of this, but picking on Venkat Rao for not being sufficiently prolific is a laughable argument.