We are developing the social individualist meta-context for the future. From the very serious to the extremely frivolous... lets see what is on the mind of the Samizdata people.

Samizdata, derived from Samizdat /n. - a system of clandestine publication of banned literature in the USSR [Russ.,= self-publishing house]
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Blogger bash

· B

noun. A party for bloggers; a blogger get-together.

(possibly coined by Perry de Havilland)

September 17th, 2002 | Comments are closed

Permalink

· P

1. noun. A link to a specific article in the archives of a blog, which will remain valid after the article is no longer listed on the blog’s front page (i.e after it has archived).

2. noun. [Deprecated] A link in a blogroll (qv, sense 1).

September 16th, 2002 | Comments are closed

DNQ/DNP

· D

abrev. Do Not Quote/Do Not Print. May be used in online correspondence, to clarify that these words/comments should not be posted on the other person’s blog.

(adapted by Gary Farber from common science fiction fandom usage)

September 16th, 2002 | Comments are closed

Blogroll

· B

1. noun. A list of links in the sidebar of a blog, often linking to other blogs. Also: blog roll.

2. . A blog link management system such as www.blogrolling.com

Also see: Sidebar links

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Blogistan

· B

noun. The totality of blogs; blogs as a community.

However, the term is sometimes used to mean the totality of just warblogs (qv), or pundit blogs (qv) rather than the entire blogosphere (qv).

Also see: blogosphere, blogiverse

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Blogiverse

· B

noun. See blogosphere.

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Kittyblogger

· K

noun. Technically someone who uses their blog to write about their cats, but is mostly used to describe mundane Journal Blog (qv) content. Often used as an epithet but not always taken as one.

Also see: Journal Blog

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Edu-blog

· E

noun. An education oriented blog. Also: Edublog

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Slashdotted

· S

tr. verb. To have your blog mentioned on Slashdot.org.

Also see: Instapundited

Usage: “Omfug! Our hosting server has just used up the whole month’s bandwidth in the last 12 hours! We must have been slashdotted!”

September 16th, 2002 | Comments are closed

Google bomb

· G

verb. To intentionally insert words or phrases into as many blogs as possible to increase the ranking on the Google search engine. Held by some to be a form of ‘meme war’.

(coined by Adam Mathes)

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Ego-googling

· E

verb. Looking up one’s own name in Google to check on its prominence. Also: e-googling or self-googling.

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Old media

· O

noun. Newspapers, magazines and major network television. Also see: Dead-tree media.

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