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Clay Shirky wrote an [[http://www.shirky.com/writings/powerlaw_weblog.html article]] that observed, in effect, that the popularity of blogs -- as defined by inbound links -- will be governed by who links to whom. Where popularity breeds popularity, this will have the effect of "clumping" popularity (inbound links, or ''attention'') around a relatively tight set of interconnected blogs. Â
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Some examples of high Power Law blogs:Â
* [[http://www.boingboing.net/ BoingBoing]]Â
* [[http://www.metafilter.com/ MetaFilter]]Â
* [[http://www.instapundit.com/ Instapundit]]Â
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Clay Shirky wrote an [[http://www.shirky.com/writings/powerlaw_weblog.html article]] that observed, in effect, that the popularity of blogs -- as defined by inbound links -- will be governed by who links to whom. Where popularity breeds popularity, this will have the effect of "clumping" popularity (inbound links, or ''attention'') around a relatively tight set of interconnected blogs. Â
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Some examples of high Power Law blogs:Â
* [[http://www.boingboing.net/ BoingBoing]]Â
* [[http://www.metafilter.com/ MetaFilter]]Â
* [[http://www.instapundit.com/ Instapundit]]Â
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