Criticism of academicblogs.org

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Unattributed[Edit][Delete]: Criticism of academicblogs.org, BlogScholar [Edit][Delete] November 22, 2006
The stewards of BlogScholar write, "Here at BlogScholar.com we always appreciate a nice tribute but surely its taking it a bit far to launch an 'Academic Blog Portal' without a single reference to our delightful little non-profit enterprise of the same name on the other side of the Atlantic." BlogScholar is a reviewed system ("for every blog that is accepted in the directory ten are declined") while the Academic Blog Portal, a spin-off from Crooked Timber, is a wiki with no apparent selection at all. More...