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by Jeppe Kabell, Oct 18, 2007

Conversation and no conversation

A medium with the characteristic of no conversation presents it’s item in a way that the user can only consume. This includes traditional newspapers, books, television, radio etc., but also news sites as nytimes.com, del.icio.us, Twitter and some blogs.

Online there’s a range of mediums which enables users to hold conversations about the objects that are central to the site. This includes most blogs, sites as Digg.com, Jaiku and online forums.

Analysis

The New York Times: No conversation
del.icio.us: No conversation
jezebel.com: Conversation
boingboing.com: Conversation
newstrust.org: Conversation
Monocle Magazine: No conversation
reddit.com: Conversation
digg.com: Conversation
technorati.com: No conversation
techmeme.com: No conversation
Google News: No conversation
daylife.org: No conversation
Newsblogger: No conversation
huffingtonpost.com: Conversation
talkingpointsmemo.com: Conversation
RSS reader: No conversation

These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
  • Digg
  • del.icio.us
  • Reddit
  • StumbleUpon
  • Furl
  • Ma.gnolia
  • Netscape
  • NewsVine

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