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My first thought when reading this is that this evolves into a "battle rap" scenario where bloggers rebut one another via their medium, blog posts (rap songs), rather than just talking directly in the comments. I think that got 2pac and Notorious B.I.G. shot.

I think blogs can at once be a publishing medium and also a host for conversation - and why they can't crosspolinate seems ridiculous to me. Winer seems a bit too obsessive-compulsive about his comment system - just let it be what it is, a place for conversation. That, or close it. He cares and talks wayyy too much about it - it's not that serious.

Maybe there are some deep-rooted self esteem issues under there somewhere?