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Daily Kos recently shared an article in which the UK newspaper, Observer, stated (emphasis mine),

For many, they are the nerds of US politics: laptop warriors, with brains full of statistics, no social life and devoting too much time to arcane policy details.

Okay, what is it about social software that mainstream media does not get? It’s incredibly social. If the reporter had even ventured into the Daily Kos and read the comments, he would have seen a thriving, interested, and engaged community – which cannot be said for many offline communities.

What is this social thing? I don’t know about you but I love to get comments. I like to hear what other people have to say about what I write. I like to comment back to them and agree or disagree or set the record straight or expand on it. I like engaging people. That’s half the reason I write. I want to know what people are thinking.

I also like how small the world becomes when you blog. When people from all over the U.S. comment, it’s cool. When people from other countries around the world comment, that is amazing.

Blogs are tools that connect us.