Comments on: It’s a good thing you can’t burn blogs

By: mathewi

mathewi — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:22:01 +0000

Thanks, Aidan. I think you are right — and I'm glad you enjoy my
fence-sitting :-)

By: Aidan Henry

Aidan Henry — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 12:10:31 +0000

I'm going to provide the most ambiguous answer ever, yet I think it does provide some value and insight...

We need both mediums.

Traditional media (books, magazines, newspapers) provides a unique, professional, well-researched, all-encompassing voice. What social media (and blogs) provides is the ability to challenge ideas and thoughts via comments and trackbacks, further solidifying arguments or completely disproving them. Previously, we were at the mercy of the given publisher.

Mathew... I always enjoy your perspective on a topic such as this, as you dangle a foot on each side of the fence...

Cheers,
Aidan
www.MappingTheWeb.com

By: Aidan Henry

Aidan Henry — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 08:47:10 +0000

That's gold... haha...

PS. How do I get in on this venture?

Cheers,
Aidan
www.MappingTheWeb.com

By: patricia

patricia — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 06:40:24 +0000

I think if anything she was referencing social networks, not blogs, internet media or anything resourceful. That is how the mass market is using the web, they're not educating themselves by way of a great blog. They're sharing photos of partying and chatting online with their friends. I think society overall has gotten smarter and dumber at the same time, in different places, both because of the web and other reasons.

No less, I took what she was saying about internet users from 10,000 feet. It's easy to forget the rest of the web doesn't use it the way we in tech do, but that is the reality.

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