// This is the English version of my thoughts about websites, this is *not* a word-by-word translation.
I am trying to list what a BSP's website can provide to bloggers and readers, and I listed the services BSP website cannot provide.
Please, please comment and enrich the list.
- Relatively safe storage, backup is by-default. Data will not lost in the near future.
- Accessibility. Users - either human or robot - can access, if they can find it.
- Name space. A username on a BSP is unique. When I say "I read keso's blog", actually I mean: I read a blog named keso @ donews.com, rather than I read a blog named keso @ whatever.
- Trust is a direct result from name space, the need to trust a real person is transformed into trust in a unique name in the virtual space. This trust is critical in online community.
- Filtering, sorting and referral. Saves time for readers.
What BSP website cannot provide:
- Always online: website may go down. And it does happens!
- Data consistency: blogger may delete posts.
- Data integerity: This is largely replying on the reputation of the website or BSP, but data tampering still happens.
- Users' perference. Editors may skip an interesting post, while readers just forget to recommend after reading it.
