Well, my experience with scoop sites is that a lot of people don't get it. (It's like marmite, love it or hate it?) Largely because the URL "www.eurotrib.com" doesn't replicate the universe of one blog, but an entire blog hosting system. In essence, eurotrib is technorati+blogger on a smaller scale. (Although livejournal is closer to the functionality than blogger.)

Also, Jon Worth is not a blogger, he's a politician. For him the point of blogging is largely advocacy, so online communities are bound to confuse him.

Incidentally, seeing that post reminds me, have you looked at http://www.mypacis.eu/ at all?

Also:

http://www.economist.com/blogs/certainideasofeurope/

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