Legal Commentary

In Paul's post below, he talks about reactions to the Hill-Thomas voice mail -- not in the press or on the blogs, but on Facebook.  I'm not on Facebook, but I wonder -- could Facebook be the reason we see far few comments on law prof blog postings?  I remember back in the day when you had posts like this one, where the comments from profs numbered in the 70s and 80s.  Nowadays, ten comments are a lot.  Perhaps many of the conversations that took place on the blogs in 2005 are now taking place on Facebook.  Facebook is much less noisy, as you only see comments from non-anonymous "friends," and your comments seem more private as well.  Perhaps folks are sharing there rather than on the blogs.

Of course, when you want to talk to strangers who are experiencing what you are, and/or you want to talk anonymously, blogs are the best vehicle.  Witness this post, with over 400 comments.  But it looks like the conversations over current events may be taking place elsewhere.