[random_user]

[2] Political blog, again aimed at younger audience

    - Also easy to setup: Wordpress
    - Seeding with posts happens more organically than forum
      because one or two people write
    - Probably takes just as long as [1] to build an audience 
    - No need to depend on members for content, which can be 
      a big advantage
    - Possibly better SEO ranking due to issues with user generated
      content sites and how search engines treat them
    - The easiest ways to gain traction are the extremes:
      - Be the voice of reason: analytical, research and fact based
      - Be an asshole at one or another extreme of any issue
        (Howard Stern "shock jock")
    - Far more people will levitate towards extreme views than 
      sit there and read through well reasoned arguments backed
      with facts, calculations, models, etc.
    - Have to be comfortable with this reality and be able to 
      consistently be that persona under a pseudonym
    - Still competing with biggies
    - Monetization: AdSense, affiliate, etc.
    - Maybe even crazy ebooks
    - Not an appealing idea intellectually speaking but have to 
      recognize that in today's political climate the extremes
      probably convert better than a reasoned middle ground
    - Not sure about liquidation.  Could be a flipper site.