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Next Trend in Blogging: Privacy

  • Reuters, Friday, October 27, 2006 11:47 AM
The next big trend in blogging, and perhaps the next big trend in communications services, is what you allow people to see. The online platform for big mouths and know-it-alls is now taking a turn to focus on private conversations.

Just yesterday, Six Apart Ltd., a supplier of software used to publish blogs, unveiled a new blog-writing tool called Vox, that allows bloggers to publish personal text, photos, audio or video--and control who has access to viewing it. "Not everything has to be published for public consumption," said Mena Trott, co-founder of Six Apart.

Vox blogs have five levels of privacy settings that can be placed on each item a user publishes. Users can also control who has access to comments. It's like email or instant messaging; you can secure private conversations with friends. To be sure, the app is aimed at an older audience--those with a need to publish sensitive content to certain groups such as business colleagues and loved ones.

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