Political blogs 

I know there's some politicians in Holland blogging, but only a very few are actually blogging. One of our ministers, Gerrit Zalm, only keeps a boring diary, while the leader of the Socialist Party is keeping a real, more than daily updated, blog. A question to talk about: what should politicians blog about? They have a channel to their voters, to the people. Doesn't it make sense that they use it to communicate with the public?

Why aren't Dutch bloggers commenting? 

A lot of Dutch weblogs have a personal touch. They should, but it's all lifelogs. Stories about what happened in someone's life, what they dreamed about, small fictional stories.. Other blogs are only linkdumping. They provide links to open dirs, funny movies, funny pictures, online games, and so on. Only a very few blogs are commenting on politics, media, the news and more like that. Why is that? Why are so few bloggers actually using their blog to comment on the world? Don't we all have opinions? Do we rather discuss them in real life?

Why do you blog? 

Why does a blogger blog? What's the drive? A session description in Dutch. Suggested by Ramon.

Cheap thrill 

The famous blogs from the netherlands go for the cheap thrill or the easy score on politics. Is this a dutch way of life or is the "right" blog missing? (suggestion by Knut)

Blogs as news sources 

Is a weblog a valid news source? When is it? When isn't it?

Effect on society 

What kind of influence do weblogs have in daily life? Suggested by Viper.

And more 

Should we discuss the more general topics, like RSS, aggregation, trackback?

Other topics are more than welcome. Click the little envelope below to send me a message.