Link dumping

I've heard the term "link dumping" applied to a certain type of blog post. One that I've been doing a lot of lately.

Basically, a link dump is a list of links collected by me and presented to you. Not much context. Just the links.

Although of course, the links have presumably been specially selected because they are particularly relavant to readers of the blog doing the dumping.

So here's a question . . .

Do you think link dumps are a sign that I'm too busy/preocuppied/lazy to post anything original? Or do you think they are a valuable editorial service that shoots you ers right to the best, most interesting, most relevant stuff on the web?

I'd say they're probably a bit of both.

Ultimately, though, I think that link dumping exemplfies one of the great things about blogging. Namely: if you have something to say and someone says has said it better than you likely could, you can just link directly to them instead of trying to saying it all over again yourself.

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