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To liveblog is to recap in real time, generally done during a large special event--in my case, the Oscars. I (and many other bloggers) was doing it as early as 2004; every major news and entertainment site now has someone on the payroll liveblogging major entertainment events. Here's the trick: to do it decently, you have to set the scene for 1) people who aren't watching the event (or can't watch at that moment) and 2) people who might revisit the liveblog in a year or two. "Lol I can't believe he said that" ain't gonna cut it if the reader has no idea what "he" or "that" refers to. As a result, I'm usually pretty wrung out after a good liveblogging, because not only do you have to choose, there, on the spot, which details to include and to omit, but you have to type them up as fast as your little fingers can fing. Consider that the Oscars often run to four hours or more, and you see why it can be a little bit exhausting.
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