Power Quotes, how blogging reveals truth and meaning: Evan Williams & Alex Tabarrok - ZipMinis: Science of Blogging and Writing
As a blogger, you work to generate fresh and innovative content. If you don't, no readers come. Everyone can blog, which results in massive amounts of easily accessible information. While some see this as an information glut, Evan Williams sees power in the democratization of media.
In the hands of the people, many more voices speak, making the bubbling up of truth possible. It becomes harder to conceal. In the past, speaking in the media was reserved for a select few, but in the hands of bloggers, the massive number of voices means that people are not silenced and power is not isolated with the elite.
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