Here's what's happening today in the world of the Long Tail (Wired editor Chris Anderson's niche-marketing theory, recently disputed in the Wall Street Journal):

  • Professional troll (and a damn good one) Nick Carr invites the recently critical Journal writer to continue badgering Anderson about his book. The writer badgers on command. [Rough Type]
  • VC blogger Fred Wilson, tired of reading about math, instead wants to talk about the virtual world, and how he's happier there than in the real world, and how all his friends in his Second Life book club are so supportive of his lifestyle choice. [A VC]
  • Newsome.org takes the right tack and calls this debate like a by-the-rules boxing match. [Newsome.org]
  • ZOMBIES! [Mickeleh's Take]