In looking around the blogosphere, I have to ponder the significance of the act of blogging about other blogs.

Googling around, I find that, yes indeed, The (ahem) Media Whores Online Watch Watch Watch Watch did indeed have bloggers discussing the content of the blog.:

UPDATE: Barney Gumble over at Media Whores Online Watch Watch Watch Watch questions Hannity’s Bestseller status. It is true the NYT lists come out quite far in advance of their actual publication dates, but we shall see…

In bemoaning the lack of British political blogs, one blogger mentioned the aforementioned blog with:
However, I think I may have the beginnings of an explanation for it, partly inspired by seeing this post from Harry Steele, where he observes that we in Britain are yet to experience the ‘metablogs’ – blogs that exist solely to comment (usually critically) on other blogs, a concept taken to the point of extremity by Media Whores Online Watch Watch Watch Watch.

(The story of the entire lifespan of “MWOWWWW” is found here. Not a sympathetic portrait.)

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