Is don’t talk about blog club is that there are very few rules.
Daring Fireball is a blog, but there are no comments.
Post Secret is a blog, but every entry is by someone different.
Stephen’s Web is a blog although it largely eschews the chronological structure thing.
There are conventions – reverse chronology, comments and authorship – but not so many rules.
So is there no difference between a blog and a website?
It’s the typical genre question. Does awkward example X belong in genre Y? Are Coldplay rock or pop? Indie, MOR or mainstream?
Obviously, it doesn’t really matter whether your somewhat-journally-website is a proper blog or not. All that matters is that is that it’s a good read and/or you enjoy doing it.
So maybe that’s what distinguishes the blog. That the people/person behind it cares about the content, not its context.
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