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Passage6 Questions26to30arebasedonthefollowingpassage. Thebloggingcrazeofacoupleofyearsago,whenitwasestimatedthattennewblogswerestartedsomewhereintheworldeveryminute,nowseemstohavedieddownabit.Yetthousandsofblogs—probablythebetterones—remain.Blogsarenownolongerseenastheexclusivepossessionofgeeks,andarenowseenasimportantandinfluentialsourcesofnewsandopinions.SomanypeoplereadblogsnowthatithasevenbeensuggestedthatsomeblogsmayhavebeenpowerfulenoughtoinfluencetheresultoftherecentU.S.election. Blogsareveryeasytosetup.Allyouneedisacomputer,aninternetconnectionandthedesiretowritesomething.Ablogdiffersfromatraditionalinternetsiteintwoways.First,ablogisonepageconsistingmostlyoftexts,thoughafewpicturesaresometimesprovided.Second,andmoreimportantly,ablogisaspaceforpeopletorespondtowhatyouwrite.Thebestblogsaresimilartoonlinediscussions,wherepeoplewriteinresponsetowhatthebloggerhaswritten.Blogsareregularlyupdated—busyblogsareupdatedeveryday,oreveneveryfewhours. Notallblogsareaboutpolitics,however.Thereareblogsaboutmusic,films,sports,books—anysubjectyoucanimaginehasitsenthusiaststypingawayandgivingtheiropinionstofellowenthusiastsoranyoneelsewhocarestoreadtheiropinions. Buthowinfluential,orimportant,istheblogospherereallyOneproblemwithblogsisthatmanypeoplewhoreadandwritethemseemonlytocommunicatewitheachother.Whenpeopletalkabouttheinfluenceoftheblogosphere,theydonottakeintoaccountthemillionsofpeoplearoundtheworldwhoarenotbloggers,neverreadblogs,anddon’tevenhaveaccesstoacomputer,letaloneagoodinternetconnection. Sometimes,itseemsthattheblogosphereexistsonlytoinfluenceitself,orthatitsinfluenceislimitedtowhatisactuallyquiteasmallcommunity.Blogsseemtopromiseavirtualdemocracy—inwhichanyonecansayanythingtheylike,andhavetheiropinionsheard—butwhoisactuallylisteningtotheseopinionsLittlehardevidenceshowsthatblogshaveinfluencedpeopleinthewaythattraditionalmassmediasuchastelevisionandnewspapersareabletodo.

Blogsdifferfromtraditionalinternetsitesinthat______.

A.texts are mostly short
B.they present pictures
C.they are daily updated
D.readers can make comments