blogospheren.
/ˈblɒɡəsfɪə/, U.S. /ˈblɑɡəˌsfɪ(ə)r/ Computing.
The cultural or intellectual environment in which blogs are written and read; blogs, their writers, and readers collectively, esp. considered as a distinct online network. Frequently with the.Brad Graham is said to have first used the word in a blog dated 10 September 1999 (‘Goodbye, cyberspace! Hello, blogiverse! Blogosphere? Blogmos?’), but the Internet Archive Wayback Machine page captures of the blog taken between January 2000 and April 2002 do not contain the relevant paragraph.
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2002 W. Quick DailyPundit 5 Jan. (blog, Internet Archive Wayback Machine 21 Apr. 2002) in www.iw3p.com I propose a name for the intellectual cyberspace we bloggers occupy: the Blogosphere.
2002 Croatian Endowments in sci.econ (Usenet newsgroup) 17 Feb. We therefore ask our fellow bloggers to join us in our quest to build a blogosphere that is free, competitive, and inclusive.
2004 M. Lind in New Statesman 19 Apr. 52/1 The bad habits of the blogosphere are corrupting the world of print discourse.
2008 Daily Tel. 14 Mar. 19/1 When Iranians vote in today's parliamentary election, millions will have been influenced by lively debate in the only domain their regime struggles to control: the internet and blogosphere.
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