Steve Bowbrick, the dot.com entrepreneur and Online columnist, has sparked quite a debate. It all started with a pretty innocent post on his weblog about judging the entries for Guardian Unlimited's Best British Blog contest, the results of which are announced on Thursday. He'd had a long night sifting entries, but was impressed by the high standards of the entries (as we all were). "I think the competition will prove to be a real validation for the new form," he wrote, "and, I hope, a springboard for the weblog's leap into the mainstream."
So far, so positive, you'd think. But no: amazingly, at this point it all kicked off. It's well worth following the links provided by Steve, as there are plenty of comments from everyone who objects to the competition on whatever grounds. You discover quite a lot about why a few of them really object to the contest - Steve's comments pretty much hit the mark.
