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Collaborative group weblogs, which rely on the participation of tens of thousands of members for their content, are often cited as a format of journalism that is new and untapped. In the English language, the most popular and respected practitioners of this format are MetaFilter, Plastic, Kuro5hin, and Slashdot. This paper analyzes these four weblogs to determine how each balances audience freedoms and administrative control in their efforts to increase participation and interactivity without chaos.
http://journalism.utexas.edu/onlinejournalism/papers.html

Using RSS, you can read the newest messages for your favorite groups on your My Yahoo! page, display them for other people to read in your web log (otherwise known as blog), or read them in an RSS reader.  http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/groups/rss/rss-01.html

http://www.reallysimplesyndication.com/2004/05/29#a14

PubSub is like a search that never stops. When you create a PubSub subscription, we’ll watch for results as new information is published on the web. Any time matching information appears, you’ll see it in your news aggregator (or you can read it on the web).  http://www.pubsub.com/

The biggest hurdle that faces any knowledge management tool is: will people use it? Full Article >>