I’m not for it. I think the costs outweigh the potential benefits. Here’s an editorial of mine on the Blog Herald. For one, it’s not likely to be viable given that networks hire bloggers that are spread throughout different countries. Also, the offshoring of blogging jobs would be another issue. The very reason why networks hire bloggers from outside of the more developed countries—you get the same quality at less cost!

Sure, it’s good to have solidarity, and to harness the power of numbers. However, I believe in the power of free markets (I’m an economist, after all, right?). And here, I feel it’s best not to mess with with the pro-blogging industry as it is. If we want solidarity, we can do it through other ways, like by setting up groups, communities, professional associations even, that foster solidarity without necessarily making it an us-against-them proposition.

Think science. Science think.

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