What problems or issues have you encountered in reading blogrolls on various weblogs?

The inherent problem with blogrolls is that they, by definition, are links to blogs that the author of another blog reads and likes. If I am looking for a comprehensive view of an issue and I am reading someone’s opinion on their blog about it, the links they are likely to provide me are links to other blogs that support their arguments. While most informed people know this going in, it could create a problem for the less informed, or even deny people the opportunity to see the other side’s point of view. It’s healthy and enlightening to read different people’s opinions on the same idea. It’s very easy to succumb to the rut of staying on the websites that don’t challenge your thinking, and if you keep to the blogs that link to one another this can easily happen. Blogrolls, like blogs, have to be taken with some perspective in mind. The writer is steering the reader in the direction that they want them to go, and it is important to realize this going in.