There seems to be an inner circle of personages actively developing and arguing about the weblog community. You have to be in to be in. I have yet to find out what kind of roles these personages in the long term play. There are also some noisy celebrities involved, but I suspect these are more like figureheads than the real movers and shakers. Are there anthropologists involved in observing the weblog community? This seems to be a nice target for that kind of research. (Note to myself: check if this research is already funded.)