One of the major comments heard by critics of the blogosphere in late 2004 was that without a presidential election coming up within about a year or so, that political blogs would lose their luster in a national sense. While it’s probably clear to everyone that the every single American reader isn’t drooling over politics 24 hours a day on blogs these days, that doesn’t mean that the market for content, discussion, and information has disappeared.
This week, a new site was formed with the idea of getting the word out to people interested in progressive - or the left side - of politics. Visitors to LeftyBlogs.com can find a regularly indexed list (about every ten minutes) of posts from blogs “registered” as being progressive, even down to the state-by-state level. Obviously, meta-like websites such as this have had major success as they garner the attention of people who realize that the information glut on blogs is out of control - will it work for political blogs?
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1 Kari Chisholm // Aug 20, 2005 at 7:16 pm
Hey - thanks for noticing LeftyBlogs.com. We’re busy, busy building the progressive infrastructure these days. You’re exactly right - the information glut is huge. Thanks!