up2speed have an interesting post on how Dave Winer’s Userland (whose technology enables this blog) have deleted John Robb’s weblog after he pre-announced he was leaving the company.
If that’s the case, it’s the best example I’ve found of why blogs will never replace journalism. Dave has defeated his own argument. While he argues blogs are this self-sustaining life force, the reality is that people have businesses to run and sometimes blogs run contra to what’s best for the firm. I hope this experience will help him take a more pragmatic (and believable) view of weblogs.
By the way, Rick Bruner from up2speed has kindly commented on my response to Robert Loch’s posting on pay-for-placement blogging. He suggests Robert was kidding. I hope he was!
Murphy's Law 