Om Malik is right - FCC Chairman Michael Powell's pseudo-blog format is not a blog.

If you are going to blog, well start a weblog at fcc.gov. In other words, we should limit the confusion to policy and not bring it to the blog-world. And in case someone insists on calling your statement a blog, remind them not to put the following as a footnote - it takes away any pretension of authenticity. Side note to news agencies: please check with webloggers on the definition of a weblog.

It was obvious that once blogs start reaching the mainstream, there will be people who will use the term blog as a buzzword to appear more cool or more ingratiating to their audience. I guess we should rejoice then. Not so - without proper understanding of blogs as a format or style or community, these people are annoying to those who have made the blogosphere a comfortable place to spend a large portion of our free time. Not because we are some sort of 'guardians' of true blogging but because we understand what make the blogosphere tick. Some of us are struggling to think about it further and put it to words. And some put it to work...

Pseudo-blogs are deeply frustrating, as we are aware of the misconceptions and lack of understanding of blog as a medium, which really do not need to be deepened further. Explaining the full impact of blogging is complex enough as it is.

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