On 3/27/07, MacGyverMagic/Mgm <macgyvermagic(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 3/27/07, charles.r.matthews(a)ntlworld.com <
charles.r.matthews(a)ntlworld.com>
wrote:
"Denny Colt" wrote
I am wondering why the 'blog' aspect
itself has this dirty Scarlet
Letter
connotation...
If you want to use a blog as a source, the burden of proof lies with you
to substantiate its reliability. The low barriers to access for blogging
mean this is the only sane approach.
Charles
There aren't any high barriers to starting a website either. We should
treat
both the same.
Mgm
The issue is self-published sources. It's really the same if you blog or it
you use a vanity press. It's the preponderance of blogs that causes them to
be singled out. It's a readily available medium, and anyone can register a
blog and spout off on whatever topic they want. The main issue is "be
careful with self-published material"...whether it is a blog, a non-blog
webpage, or a book published by a vanity press.
Ian