A key element of Web blogs is the community element. Most blogs are not self-contained; they are highly dependent on linking to each other.

Anything that chills linking is dangerous for the Web.

I subscribe to about 200 blogs. I look for insights and good writing, and I look to get smarter.

A newspaper is the center of a community, it's one of the tent poles of the community, and that's not going to be replaced by Web sites and blogs.

'Vanity pages,' is somewhat of a derogatory term; personal pages are still the heart of blogging, but now there are more topic-oriented blogs. It's really about personal expression, and that's just gotten bigger and broader.

Part of Stripe's vision is linking people better on the web.