Blogging is community building through shared stories. It is more about emotion than facts. Perhaps the bloggers are too similar to each other to make a difference to the political and economic powers. On the other hand, easy tools can make blogging a real medium for democracy.

However, exactly the same was said of the web about ten years ago, and what happened? MSN and the like dominate the world. Good graphic design and programming costs money, which is only available to the giants. Do bloggers have the skills and the financing to keep up making noise and change the world?