Continuing to show its fascination with blogs, Microsoft has just released a new blog publishing system of its own.
Any reviews out there yet?
UPDATE:
As one commenter notes, bOingbOing has a funny/disturbing post on about how MSN is censoring authors’ ability to use dirty words in the titles of their blogs. Other reviews also noted in comments below.
ANOTHER UPDATE:
Further details from PaidContent, AP and a press release.
CALL TO ACTION:
Anyone want to review this platform for me for $25? (If so, see review terms here first.)
Here’s one detailed review so far:
http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/jim/2004/12/02#a919
Robert Scoble, Microsoft employee, chimes in with the limitations and why he’s not switching his own blog over:
http://radio.weblogs.com/0001011/2004/12/02.html#a8788
Comment by Evelyn Rodriguez — December 3, 2004 @ 12:40 pm
I just started a blog on MSN Spaces. The server is very slow and it takes forever to open the blog. You have to try a few times for the link to open. I don’t think you can check your stats for your blog, well at least I haven’t been able to find it. They automatically enter other MSN blogs who have recently posted content. I can’t find out how to personalize that area. I don’t like that feature at all. What if my blog is linking to a crazy persons site. I am still finding my way around Spaces, but so far you can tell it is in the Beta stage.
Comment by Heather — December 3, 2004 @ 12:44 pm
BoingBoing has an interesting post on how MSN Spaces censors blog titles with FCC-like efficiency:
http://www.boingboing.net/2004/12/02/msn_spaces_seven_dir.html
Comment by Jackie Huba — December 3, 2004 @ 1:36 pm
Maybe you will find this introduction usefull….;-)
http://www.ensight.org/msnspaces/
Best Regards
Hans Henrik
Comment by Hans Henrik — December 3, 2004 @ 11:24 pm