Under-Known, Is That MicroFame?
I was quite pleased to find that Peter Caputa had initiated a new little experiment titled the "Weblog Invasion Tour (WIT) and selected SocialTwister.com as one of their first targets.
The premise of WIT is to highlight, as Peter describes, Under-known blogs across the web. As he describes:
Under-known is a word [I believe] I've invented to describe a weblog that is excellently crafted, but isn't known too widely. All four of these webloggers write extremely well, have lots of orignal thoughts, like to try out new things, and analyze things in interesting ways.
Of course, this is a reflection of life under the Power Law Curve -- one where newcomers are often faced with the insurmountable task of ratcheting their way through the infinitely crowded landscape. This reminds me, in many ways, of Gordon Gould's notion of micro fame which I commented on earlier this month. I'll also mention that, as Joi Ito recently pointed out, that the role of authority may be waning in favor of influence.
I'm certainly honored to have been selected for the initial rounds, but kudos to Peter for devising an approach that socially hacks the Power Law.