Clay Shirky über Weblogs and the Mass Amateurization of Publishing. Gefunden via Peterme.com, wo der angesprochene Beitrag diskutiert wird [Peterme.com Clay Shirky].
Überraschenderweise stehen die Chancen, den Lebensunterhalt mit dem Bloggen zu bestreiten nicht besonders gut ;-)

"But the vast majority of weblogs are amateur and will stay amateur, because a medium where someone can publish globally for no cost is ideal for those who do it for the love of the thing. Rather than spawning a million micro-publishing empires, weblogs are becoming a vast and diffuse cocktail party, where most address not "the masses" but a small circle of readers, usually friends and colleagues. This is mass amateurization, and it points to a world where participating in the conversation is its own reward."

Ein weiterer sympathischer Ansatz: Weblogs als "World's Biggest Peer Review" (Peterme.com)