Editing Memepool (section)

==Overview==
Memepool was founded in 1998 by [[Joshua Schachter]] and a number of the early contributors, making it one of the earliest weblogs.<ref>{{cite book |last= O'Connor |first= Brett |date= 6 January 2007 |title= del.icio.us Mashups |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=ZSu7DilY1XYC&dq=%22memepool%22&pg=PR19 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-0-470-14777-1 |access-date=18 August 2014 }}</ref> It was also one of the most popular early weblogs,<ref>{{cite news |title= Everybody into the memepool for links to some very odd sites |newspaper=[[USA Today]] | author=Janet Kornblum |date=3 May 2000 |url= https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/53463093.html?dids=53463093:53463093&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+03%2C+2000&author=Janet+Kornblum&pub=USA+TODAY&desc=Everybody+into+the+memepool+for+links+to+some+very+odd+sites&pqatl=google | access-date = 16 July 2010| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102235508/https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/53463093.html?dids=53463093:53463093&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=May+03%2C+2000&author=Janet+Kornblum&pub=USA+TODAY&desc=Everybody+into+the+memepool+for+links+to+some+very+odd+sites&pqatl=google | archive-date=2 November 2012 | url-status=dead }}</ref> with a reputation for strange and surprising links.<ref>{{cite news |title=THE WEB BROWSER; Site a flashback to cool, weird days of Internet | author=Joel Brown |newspaper=[[Boston Herald]] |date= 17 June 2001 |url= https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bostonherald/access/74165888.html?dids=74165888:74165888&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+17%2C+2001&author=Joel+Brown&pub=Boston+Herald&desc=THE+WEB+BROWSER%3B+Site+a+flashback+to+cool%2C+weird+days+of+Internet&pqatl=google | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102235523/https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bostonherald/access/74165888.html?dids=74165888:74165888&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jun+17%2C+2001&author=Joel+Brown&pub=Boston+Herald&desc=THE+WEB+BROWSER%3B+Site+a+flashback+to+cool%2C+weird+days+of+Internet&pqatl=google | archive-date=2 November 2012 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= One Super Site  |newspaper=[[Newsweek]] |date= 15 May 2000 |url= http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-62006373.html | access-date = 16 July 2010}}
</ref> It was maintained by Schachter and Jeff Smith. Schachter's links collected for Memepool were the predecessor of a project that later became [[Delicious (website)|del.icio.us]].<ref>{{cite book |title= Tagging: People-powered Metadata for the Social Web |last= Smith |first= Gene |year= 2008 |publisher=New Riders |isbn= 978-0-321-52917-6 |page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780321529176/page/162 162] |url= https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780321529176 |url-access= registration |quote= memepool. |access-date= 16 July 2010 }}</ref>

Unlike many weblogs, Memepool had no significant element of self-revelation by its authors.<ref>{{cite news |title= Bloggin' In | author=Glenn Gaslin |newspaper=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=10 August 2001 |url= http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,170228,00.html | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130122121345/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,170228,00.html | archive-date=22 January 2013 | url-status=dead }}</ref> The website did not have a commenting system, but many of its links came from emailed submissions from readers.<ref>{{cite book |title=Rhetorical Democracy: Discursive Practices of Civic Engagement | author = John B. Killoran |editor1-first= Gerard A. |editor1-last= Hauser |year= 2004 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |isbn= 0-8058-4264-0 |page= 215 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=vwMMv_G7OikC&dq=%22memepool%22&pg=PA215 |access-date= 16 July 2010}}</ref>