Question of the Week: September 12th

The topics being discussed in the blogosphere right now are the popular news, movies, books and blogs. Listed as most popular at the moment: in news is the story on ebay buying Skype from BBC news; books is the newest Harry Potter book; Movies is Brokeback Mountain; and Blogs is Boing Boing a directory of Wonderful Things.

I think the news articles are popular because they are what is most current. They will remain popular until something else newsworthy happens for people to want to find about about or that people find interesting. Whatever else happens in the news will take its place.
The movies and books that are being discussed are popular because they are what most people are reading and watching. They are relatively recent. The books will most likely be remain popular longer than the movies, since people tend to keep track of currently updated movies more often. Their place will be taken by new popular books and newly released movies.
The blogs that are discussed are most popular because they are the sites more people go to and generate the most interest. These will probably remain popular for a while, since some of the blogs I noticed have been around for a relatively long time. I think this is because once a new blog is created it takes time for it to establish interest among people and become popular, since blogs aren't advertised and aren't adknowledged as much as news, movies and books.