To: Congressman Billybob
Nice article...except for calling FR a blog. It isn't. Free Republic is a forum. The two are distinctly different things, just as web pages and email are two different things. Sometimes, a web form will be called "email", when it really isn't.
A blog is an online diary, with the express purpose of displaying the entries of a single author.
A forum, on the other hand, is specifically for posting from multiple users, organized by a thread topic, and encouraging discussion.
The two terms are misused enough that their meanings are pretty blurry to most. But there is a difference.
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02/21/2006 3:00:10 PM PST by
TChris
("Unless you act, you're going to lose your world." - Mark Steyn)
To: TChris
Yes, I know well the difference between a blog and a forum. I deeply appreciate the fact that FR is a forum. But, as you note, in the public mind the two words tend to merge, regardless of the accuracy of that. And FR IS an essential part of the blogosphere.
John / Billybob
To: TChris
A blog is an online diary, with the express purpose of displaying the entries of a single author.
And Powerline??
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