Below is a link to one of David Sifry's recent comments on the growth of the blogogsphere. This one is particularly interesting because it illustrates the growing shift from mainstream media to the many voices in blogs.

 

 

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The chart below shows the aggregate number of linking activity (which implies conversation) going on at the long end of the tail. In other words, the fact that the A-list exists does nothing to drown out the immensely larger set of conversations that are going on among smaller groups of people, like friends and niche topic bloggers. In fact, even though the amount of influence that a single blog may have is less than that of a single blog on the A-list, the aggregate influence of all of the long tail far outstrips even the mainstream media.