Spartaneity: Without Permalinks, Is It a Weblog? @ Radio Free Blogistan

October 1, 2002

Christian Crumlish

The Spartaneity Project furthers the conversation about whether permalinks are an essential element of weblogs:

Much of what makes weblogs different from websites of old is structural. ... [W]e're inclined to believe that those which do not include permalinks through which the rest of us can refer directly to individual posts are not quite fully formed as weblogs.

(Deadline today, light blogging at best.)

Posted by xian at October 1, 2002 10:08 AM

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