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Originally Posted by cian
I'm not sure that necessarily follows. The quality of the best science blogs is very high indeed, as is the quality of the best financial/economic blogs. And in terms of quantity...
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I agree it's not a given, but I'm not sure this is a great example. First, the quality taken as a whole is pretty mind-numbingly awful. Second, isn't the main driver in the explosion of blogging of all kinds the financial incentives? OK, only a tiny proportion become financially viable, but believing their creation will rise above the masses is a common blogger's delusion.
Without the potential ability to cash in, I don't think we'd be seeing anywhere near as many of these things.