Steven, I've always been wary of JC's commitment to blogging since I saw him chastising his readers by turning off comments if they were critical. After his big blog payout, he seems to have used his site primarily as a way to promote his businesses and tease Nick Denton. Guess he got bored. (p.s., thanks for the shout out). - Sprague D

@Sprague .. more than welcome and even though I don't have the same pull as Scoble or Louis I would highly suggest people subscribe to Sprague's blog - A Diary of a Rat (man I love the name for a blog LOL) - Steven Hodson

Sprague. I've never been wary to Jason's commitment to the love of connectivity. He really loves it. - Robert Seidman

did just a few minutes ago, thanks for the recommendation Steven - Dobromir Hadzhiev

hmmm .... Jason liking this .... hmmmm :) - Steven Hodson

Meh-another windbag sniffing his own farts. - Mark Forman

Steven, could you start deciphering S. Gillmor next? That would be a good public service. - Mark Dykeman

Jasons problem with blogging is basically that the masses have stopping giving him the worship he was so clearly looking for. An echo chamber is perfect for him now. Beside that - he knows the emails will be posted to the 'net - so it is basically a blog anyway. What did Jason really blog about except poker and how much money his car cost? Honestly that stuff makes a amusing microblog blog but a lousy PR platform - which is what he wanted it to be. - Soulhuntre

Am I the only one who is curious to see how this plays out in 6 months time? There are three parts to any magic trick -- the pledge, the turn and the prestige. At best we're at the turn. - Steve Spalding

Steven Hodson, I would like to subscribe to your newsletter. lol - Karim

Great, now measure the return, sucka! - Eric Rice

@Steven yeah, I was a little surprised to see Jason Calacanis on the like list - Thomas B

@Mark - I don't have good enough drugs to do that - sorry - Steven Hodson

@Karim - sorry but I'm just a old fashion cranky old fart who only has a blog and not one of these shiny new things called a newsletter :) - Steven Hodson

@Steven - actually, that was a cheap shot I took at Steve Gillmor, in retrospect. I did take some time to read through one of his more recent posts and, after a few reads, I think he had a valid point. However, his writing style is definitely at odds with the idea injection method used in a lot of blogging these days. - Mark Dykeman

+1 Steve S, for referencing one of the best movies ever. Now back to the topic at hand... - Sprague D

WTF is that crap SPAMMER ALERT .. I'm leaving that in place so everyone can see and then block this guy's ass .. SPAMMER ALERT - Steven Hodson

yup: http://friendfeed.com/e... - Shey, Jamaican of FF

@Shey - thanks -- I saw that thread go by but was caught up with other things and it didn't register .. f*cking spamming idiots - Steven Hodson

It is really pointless if people do something like this. http://www.calacanismail.com He basically silo'd himself in a shrinking echo chamber, at some point he will need to get out and get some fresh new people's opinions on his writing, or else he will just become (even more) the preacher who preaches to the choir. - Frans