A new toy

Apparently online communities are a big thing at the minute - Facebook, Bebo etc. Personally I don't get the them, but I suspect that most of you use them a lot so the latest toy to be added to the blog locker looks like a winner.

Its called "Followers", and a (currently empty) link to it ("Blog Followers"*) can be seen in the right hand column. Once a few people join it I gather that it starts looking like this:

"Following" shows your interest in a blog (you can join anonymously if need be), and adds it to you newsreader in the usual way (if you have one - see the previous article). However it also apparently allows you to find out what blogs other followers are following, and will soon have other online community-type features. And its also controllable from this end by the looks of it (ie. me and Mike can decide who can and who cannot follow).

More info about it here 

*Dull name I know. I did wonder about what to call it but felt that "Followers of Letchworth Girls" sounded a bit creepy. Any better ideas?