In the thick of READ
I am working on something for MLB that I have to get finished if I want to even think about going to FL with the family (despite the fact that we're probably going to drive now given the various warnings and alarms afoot), so I have not been saying much (well, besides my not being very articulate to begin with). I am following the power law discussions with some interest. On the one hand, it is massive justification for the eventual and possibly inevitable stratification of the media as it matures. On the other, the swing the conversation is taking -- whether this stratification can actually be manipulated to yield larger exposure for lesser-known blogs -- is very interesting and might actually be the first real "new" thing in a glutted field. What we are really discussing is an API for attention.
I may have more on this later if I can, but I have to remark that I have never seen so many people comment that their brain hurts wrt the math in the power law stuff. I was a lit major, and it's not that hard.