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Blog Rolls

March 2, 2024 / Troy / 1 Comment

The wonderful Ben Werd has a nice write-up (*first seen on a Mastodon post*) on why he doesn’t have a blogroll. He makes some great points.

Picking a list for a blogroll leads to exclusion, who does he exclude?
How should the list be organized?
What about the ebb and flow? Not all blogs are updated regularly

Everyone should decide on an individual basis what is right for their particular wants/needs/thoughts etc. Ben does have a really neat Sources Page that serves the same purpose as a Blog Roll for him. I agree that the Sources Page is pretty neat, but it is different to me.

Selfishly, I wish that Ben would have a blogroll. I would love to see who highlights. However, this is really Ben’s choice, not mine. I wouldn’t expect him to mark everyone.

I do like blogrolls. They are an additional way to discover neat people and blogs. Most of my discovery right now is through Mastodon. With the movement back to self-hosted content, blogrolls could be valuable.

I don’t have a blogroll. Maybe I should create one. I’ll be thinking on it. In the meantime, go read the write up.

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Miguel Guhlin
March 3, 2024 at 19:52

Hi, Troy. I wrote a brief response here –
https://mgblog.org/2024/03/03/to-blog-roll.html

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