Fraser Nelson on why the net is the best

Writing on the Coffee House Blog as he departs for two weeks away from blogging Fraser Nelson writes a good piece on why for him blogging is betting than writing for the magazine

The comments are the pull. There’s something gratifying (and, I admit, addictive) about writing an idea at 2pm and having CoffeeHousers – a strikingly smart, diverse, eloquent and well-informed group of people - comment by 2.15pm. And if I’m trashed, it’s normally for a good reason. In newspapers, writers normally get only two forms of feedback: promotion or a P45. Your friends and parents normally praise what you do, it’s the devil’s own job finding an honest assessment. And this is what the web offers.

Yes it's a good thing to see that someone from the traditional media has readily embraced the new one.Coffee house has only been going just over a year,yet its writing has become one of the best on the Web.Agreed they have got the resources to be able to post almost immediately a reaction to an event but he continues

On the internet, arguments stand and fall by their strengths - no matter who makes them. The web flattens hierarchies, producing a level arena where eBay sellers compete with John Lewis, but where professional pundits like me must compete with – and, often, be spectacularly outshone by - amateurs. The primary voter opinion, contempt for the whole system, is given a proper venting