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Blogging for good

The New York Times has an article about bloggers who use their blogs to organize support for charitable efforts. The article focuses on Strengthen the Good, an organization with the tag line Using the power of weblogs for open-source charity. Don't just fight evil: Strengthen the good..

Now more than 200 bloggers are linking to Strengthen the Good, highlighting the causes that Mr. Nelson brings up. Most of the diarists have not heard of the charities before. But they do not seem too concerned about the groups' legitimacy. They are familiar with Mr. Nelson, and that's good enough.

"You find someone whose opinions you share, and you're more likely to trust that person," said Meryl Yourish, a veteran blogger (yourish.com). "You consider it vetted through them. That's what Alan is doing here — the legwork, to find what's worthwhile. And I trust him to do it."

jon posted this at 10:52 AM
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