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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Dead-tree media

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phrase. Paper newspapers and magazines, also known as Old Media. Also: ‘on dead trees’.

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Pilger

· P

verb. To destroy facts in a ‘John Pilger’ fashion, to ‘pillage’ the truth, poor or no fact checking, wild accusations, conspiracy theories etc..

(coined by Auberon Waugh)

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Troll

· T

1. verb. To troll for hits is to post a provocative article purely in order to generate an angry response (usually followed by sending a mass e-mail shot to the target audience) and commensurate increase in hit rate.

2. noun. A person who trolls.

Usage: “Justin Raymondo has just trolled the Warbloggers again.”

‘Troll’ is usually used as an epithet and the term is widely used in this sense in newsgroups and e-lists as well as blogs.

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Linky Love

· L

noun. See Reciprocal Link.

(coined by Dawson Jackson)

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Reciprocal Link

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noun. If you blogroll (qv) link to our blog, we will blogroll to your blog. Also: Linky Love

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Interblog _____ War

· I

phrase. An series of exchanges between two or more blogs contesting some factual, political or philosophical issue.

(coined by Natalie Solent)

Usage: “Aintnobaddude.com, Heretical Ideas and Samizdata.net have started another Interblog Gun War”

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Blognoscenti

· B

noun. A blog connoisseur.

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Crud (code)

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noun. When a blog is published with incorrect html which resulting in visible code on the page, rather than a clickable link or special character or formatted text. The unintentionally visible code is ‘crud’.

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Link rot

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noun. Over time any large list of links will contain an increasing number of dead links.

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Blogspot

· B

noun. The blog hosting servers operated by blogger.com. More blogs are hosted on blogspot than anywhere else.

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Instapundited

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tr.verb. To have your blog mentioned on Instapundit.com. Also: Instalanche.

Usage: “Holy shit, look at the hit counter! We must have been Instapundited!”

Also see: Slashdotted

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Blogstipation

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1. noun. To be unable to think of anything to blog about, i.e. writer’s block for bloggers.

2. noun. To be unable to post an article on your blog because blogger.com is down yet again.

(meaning 2. coined by Jim Treacher)

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