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Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Blog rats
Source: BusinessWeek Blogspotting
Stephen Baker blogs about BusinessPundit's post on how bloggers behave like rats in a Skinner box. Even if blogs are wildly unpredictable, if they occasionally produce something of value, readers will keep checking in, just like rats that keep hitting a bar which might deliver a food pellet or an electronic caress of their limbic core. Sometimes those rats keep pressing the bar until their little paws bleed. That's called addiction. Instead, Baker suggests, bloggers should try posting less frequently. Turn off the computer. Go outside.
Posted by mwelch at 02:11 PM
