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]

Crud (code)

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’.

Link rot

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

Blogspot

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

Instapundited

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

Blogstipation

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)

Meta-blogging

verb. To write blog articles about blogging. Also: metablogging.

Webwaffle

noun. An article posted on a blog.

(coined by Tony Millard)

Hitnosis

noun. Being unable to stop yourself constantly refreshing your browser to see if your hit counter or comments section has increased since the last time you did it (i.e. about 1 minute ago). This often occurs when a ‘memorable number’ is coming up (such as a blog’s hit counter crossing 10,000 or 100,000 or 250,000 visitors etc.) or an unusually large surge of posted comments are attracted by an article.

(coined by Perry de Havilland)

Whoring (for hits)

intr.verb. Posting things on a blog purely to generate an increase in visitors. The term is often intended humourously, but not always.

Link whore

noun. A blogger (qv) who will go to any lengths to get other bloggers to link to them (the term is usually intended to be humourous). Also: Link slut. Both terms are in fact gender non-specific.

Blogathy

noun. When you just don’t give a damn about posting in your blog that day.

(coined by Michele Catalano)

Blogerati

noun. The blogosphere (qv) intelligentsia.