The Gift Economy of Car Blogging

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The Gift Economy
of Car Blogging
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Whats a Gift Economy?

• Gifford Pinchot says.
• hunter-gatherer societies, the hunter's status
  was not determined by how much of the kill he
  ate, but rather by what he brought back for
  others.
• The first step toward a sustainable sense of
  success is taking pride in the value of our
  contributions to others rather than taking pride
  in the value of our possessions.
• scientists with highest status are not those who
  possesses the most knowledge they are the ones
  who have contributed the most to their fields
• Antelope meat called for a gift economy because
  it was perishable and there was too much for any
  one person to eat. Information also loses value
  over time and has the capacity to satisfy more
  than one. In many cases information gains rather
  than loses value through sharing. While the
  exchange economy may have been appropriate for
  the industrial age, the gift economy is coming
  back as we enter the information age.

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Cambridge Journal ofEconomicsVol 5 Issue 2

• A conceptual analysis of a non-capitalist
  Gift Economy
  with particular reference
  to
  
  Papua New Guinea

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POTLATCH

• Potlatches were social occasions given by a host
• to establish or uphold his status position in
  society.
• Often they were held to mark a
  significant event in his family, such as the
  birth of a child, a daughter's first menses, or a
  son's marriage.
• Potlatches are to be distinguished from feasts
  in that
• guests are invited to a potlatch to share food
  and receive gifts or
• payment. Potlatches held by commoners were mainly
  local, while elites
• often invited guests from many tribes. Potlatches
  were also the venue in
• which ownership to economic and ceremonial
  privileges was asserted,
• displayed, and formally transferred to heirs
• Peabody Museum
• of Archaeology and Ethnology

Chinook, Nootka, and other Pacific Northwest
peoples
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Seary monster? Software formats, peer-to-peer
networks and the Spectre of the GiftBy Andrew
Leyshon, University of Nottingham, England
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1.) What is more important to you as a
car-blogger LINKS or POSTS ? and why? 2.) Are
you aware of any studies or other evidence that
either links or posts have more powerful effects
in getting the bloggers message out?3.) Why do
you blog? 4.) What do you think is important
about Car Blogs as a whole?5.) In reference to
question 4, can you point out a study or some
other evidence that agrees with this?
told'ya I'd ask you to back-it-up. ) 6.)
Roughly, how many friends/associates have you met
OFF-LINE that you can talk about cars/automotive
related subject at the depth that you want
to?7.) referring to Q 6., Roughly how many have
you met ON-LINE ?8.) Have you ever met another
car enthusiast on-line then met them
face-to-face?9.) Do you have opportunities to
meet other car enthusiasts (that you don't
already know) face-to-face in events such as
car-rallies, car-specific conventions, auctions,
swap-meets, parts flee-markets, etc. ?
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• Or

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What is more important to you as a car-blogger
LINKS or POSTS ? and why?

• I think the content (posts) is more important
  than anything else. Since car-blogging is not a
  contest there really are no winners or losers. I
  link to others when it seems appropriate to me,
  or when it helps solidify the point I'm trying to
  make, or when I'm giving credit to someone.
• That being said, I always enjoy links to my site
  (www.ifitsgotanengine.com) so more people get to
  read what I've written.
• dorri732 (If Its Got An Engine)

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What is more important to you as a car-blogger
LINKS or POSTS ? and why?

• This is a hard question, but if you don't have
  perfect posts, then people will not want to read
  them anyway -- links are important, they get the
  word out about your site and what you have to
  say.- You have to have a balance of both to be
  successful.
• Brian (Racedriven.com)

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What is more important to you as a car-blogger
LINKS or POSTS ? and why?

• For me the content of the Post is whats most
  important. Its all about my ability to have my
  say. But Links are almost as important. I link to
  sites that I think others will find interesting
  and especially to sites that have linked to mine.
  Ive been told that linking to others will
  increase my traffic, and to be honest, I like the
  idea of increased traffic. Joe (My Ford Dreams)

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RECIPROCAL LINKS
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What is more important to you as a car-blogger
LINKS or POSTS ? and why?

• Posts. It's easy to find links, any number of
  search engines will return too many to go thru.
  But, posts I follow are from like-minded persons
  and I get ideas from those.My blog (like most)
  is made up of some stuff I write myself... and
  some other blogs that I find interesting.
• Anonymous

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What is more important to you as a car-blogger
LINKS or POSTS ? and why?

• Neither links nor posts can specifically be said
  to be more important. From one perspective, the
  web can be thought of as nodes and connections.
  In this case, a post would be a node, and a link
  would be a "connection" to another node. What's
  more important is communicating the best
  data/information/knowledge. Sometimes the best
  data/info/knowledge is unique new content (a
  "post"), and sometimes it's a connection to some
  other content (a "link"). For example, Google has
  virtually no content. Yet, they communicate the
  best content, without necessarily creating it.
  Data/information/knowledge is much more important
  than the form it takes.Obviously, other sites
  will link to good content. A site with many
  linkbacks is like a person's idea that gets
  mentioned often. Linkbacks are a method of
  ratifying content. Ratification can be very
  helpful, both online and off.
• Anonymous

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Youve Gotta Have Both Sometimes
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What is more important to you as a car-blogger
LINKS or POSTS ? and why?

• The most important thing when writing a blog is
  its overall aim. Like with Autoblog the goal
  dictated was as many posts as possible to build
  traffic. Good quality just helped. We mixed link
  posts and original posts and it worked well.
  With MPHs blog it is supposed to be the
  backstage so to speak of what life is like
  running a car magazine. These posts are almost
  entirely original and we want it to be added
  content to the main mph site. We dont want to
  link to other blogs because people arent coming
  to us for that kind of stuff. 10 other sites
  already do that. For a new car blogger you have
  to think what do I want to do with this blog if
  youre just joe public and want to express your
  views about the state of the auto world it is
  hard to do well. Create a blog about BMWs, Saabs
  etc and you could get a lot of instant readers.
• Dave (MPH)

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What is more important to you as a car-blogger
LINKS or POSTS ? and why?

• Posts have to be the most important. I much
  prefer reading someone's opinion of something
  than just a link to a news story.
• J G Halmayr (bonsai garage)

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What is more important to you as a car-blogger
LINKS or POSTS ? and why?

• Links are more important in terms of attracting
  traffic and google. My stats go up when someone
  links to my blog (which isnt very often).
• Posts are important in creating something that
  would make a reader come back. Content is still
  king when it comes to making someone read your
  stuff.
• In terms of what I want to achieve as a blogger,
  links are more important and are something that I
  cant control. Ben K (BENS CAR BLOG)

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Links and PowerThe Political Economy of Linking
on the WebJill WalkerDept of Humanistis
Informatics,University of Beregen, Norway

• In these projects, links are seen as objective,
  democratic and machine-readable signs of value

The Role of the Author in Topical Blogs Scott
Carter EECS Department UC Berkeley blogs
challenge the notion of authorship. Link and
Quote Results. Post Quality.
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Always mention your sources.Dont just swipe
content.
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Evil Intruder ?
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DontBeRude
François Rude (June 4, 1784 - November 3, 1855)
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