There Is That

David Weigel explains why there’s no Daily Kos for righties:

Is it really so hard to grok why one of these models is popular and one isn’t? How big would YouTube have become if Chad Hurley and Steve Chen decided that they needed to bring in a bunch of established web stars to “run the place” and strict guidelines for posting videos? OK… so, why would the world of political blogging work any differently? The web rewards randomness and openness, not big names and five year plans.

And if you want to know why there’s no Kos for libertarians, just try getting even two us to agree on how to run anything. Before even settling on a name, we’d undoubtedly have splitters (and maybe fistfights) between the Randians, the Hayekians, and the anarcho-capitalists.