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.

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Reciprocal Link

· R

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)

· C

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

· L

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

· I

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

· B

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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Meta-blogging

· M

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

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Webwaffle

· W

noun. An article posted on a blog.

(coined by Tony Millard)

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Hitnosis

· H

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)

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Whoring (for hits)

· W

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

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