Blog Rolls

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.