Weblogs rose out of the ashes of the Usenet flame wars, but the medium is experiencing its own conflict. This, from USS Clueless, is a pretty accurate characterization of the different blogging communities. "The A-list, in particular, often have a kind of contempt or disgust for the war bloggers. Not only do the war bloggers have the wrong politics (the A-list tends to extreme liberalism; if it was left to them, Nader would be President of the US now) but they also see war blogs as a perversion of the medium. It's just not what blogs should be for... The War bloggers tend to look at the A-list as being unrealistic, idealistic, and out of touch. The effect of all this is to cut way down on the amount of cross-cluster linking; why should I route my readers to THOSE sons-of-bitches? Let 'em find their own readers."
· Clusters in the web [USS Clueless]