Heroin
In Flanders's Web Pages That Suck he mentions a common mistake of not having the heroin content, or content that forces viewers to keep coming back repeatedly. Blogs definitely seem to be heroin to a lot of people, but the question is why. I feel there are two main reasons, first it is a different look at the news, without the mainstream media filter or from a particular ideological slant, or just dealing with news the reader cares about that isn't being reported elsewhere. For example, look at dailykos and the popularity of the Downing Street Memo and Impeachment. And the second reason, I think is the ability to interact, to be able to discuss the day’s news and other issues with lots of other people and often even the people who are reporting it.
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After reading both of Flanders' books… I understand his definition of “heroin” on a site to be a function of the site that draws people to the site on a regularly. It’s not the content but the principle that something new is there to look at every time you visit. You are half right on the interaction. If people are interacting with one another and going back to the site constantly to see how others have reacted to what was said… yes, that is the sort of “heroin” Flanders means. But again, it is not WHAT is written but the fact SOMETHING is new on each visit.
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