April 17, 2000: Group think: I've been thinking about weblogs (like most people with weblogs), and I've been amused at how various links are passed around from log to log. (Think constructor or the Web economy bullshit generator). Obviously different weblogs have different purposes (and those change over time: I started antenna as a way to archive all the HCI and design links I saw on other weblogs but without all the chatty bs, but over time I've come to find it more useful to myself to add my own chatty bs because it helps me think things through). But why does every single weblog have to link to the same thing that we've all seen already? It's downright wasteful.

Anyhow, I'm interested in how we can push weblogs somewhere closer to email or usenet (not all the way, but closer). I think blogger's permanent links is an obvious step in this direction. This thread is a perfect example.. taylor has been talking about related things, such as interface culture as a tribe and the relationship between weblogs and usenet. If interface folks are a tribe, then where's our agora? Maybe we need some kind of XML-based talking stick!