- In blogging, people have been classified as A-list (which Dave Winer now seems to refer to as tech industry superdelegates), B-list, C-list, etc. all the way to people who aren’t on a list. And, of course, there are blogs which are spam or otherwise just there to earn revenue and trick people into clicking on links.
- Paul Gillin listed at least two different ways to categorize bloggers in the New Influencers.
- There are the original bloggers from when the term was coined over 10 years ago.
- There are the people who were active on bulletin board systems, Usenet, and other message boards for at least 10 years before that.
- Now there are a lot of people online who not only blog, but who use a wide variety of social media to communicate to the world.
Do any of these labels hold any value any longer?
Should we drop all of the labels denoting hierarchy and instead focus on labels that focus on either the media that we use or the subjects that we like? Surely the best use of labels is to either find experts, enthusiasts, or at least kindred spirits?
Shouldn’t we all just call ourselves creators? Or communicators? Or (and this is tongue in cheek) Broadcasting Brains?
As always, I’m curious to know what other people think about these ideas.
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