A weblog, sometimes written as web log or Weblog, is a website consisting of a series of entries arranged in reverse chronological order, often updated frequently with new information on particular topics. The information may be written by the owner of the site, obtained from other websites or other sources, or contributed by users.
A weblog often has the quality of being a kind of "record of our time" from a particular point of view. Generally, weblogs are dedicated to one or more topics or themes, usually current affairs and, in general, can be thought of as the development of individual or collective comments on their particular topics. A weblog can consist of the recorded ideas of an individual (a kind of diary) or be a complex collaboration open to anyone. Most of the latter are moderated debates.
Since there are a number of variations on this idea and new variations can be easily invented, the meaning of this term can take on additional connotations over time. A popular weblog is Slashdot.org, the product of programmer and graphic artist Rob Malden and several colleagues. Slashdot.org hosts discussion threads on many topics, including: money, Quake (the game), Netscape, Sun Microsystems, hardware, and Linux. Slashdot.org solicits and posts interesting stories reported by contributors, includes a link to the story, and manages subsequent discussion threads from other users. Another well-known weblog is Jorn Barger's Robot Wisdom Log, which is more of a compilation of daily highlights from other websites. Librarian.net by Jessamyn West is a daily registry of interesting articles for librarians and possibly others as well.
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