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Om mane padme blog.
posted by
majroj
on February 20, 2006 at 5:47 PM
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Majroj, here is nothing, nothing is here
there are millions of small networks or communities - disparate
posted by
Azur
on February 20, 2006 at 4:04 PM
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Blogging is a survival skill. It is
a bunch of cowboys swapping lies around a campfire at the end of the day. The cameradie brings them closer to understanding, and may make all the difference as they work the cattle and deal with the elements.
posted by
Pat_B
on February 20, 2006 at 9:04 AM
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Taking up the flea feeding upon the flea image, I think it's interesting that newspapers now report on blogs and what bloggers are saying. I see it often, particularly in the Guardian. Perhaps the host has now decided to turn around and gobble up the smallest parasites - which must suggest that those hangers-on to the hangers-on do now contain some protein. Pop will eat itself and so will the media.
posted by
_dave_says_ack_
on February 20, 2006 at 1:30 AM
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The buzz about blogs as news is just that...buzz. Buzz buzz buzzzzzzzz.
It is an example of what hurts periodical and news writing...being "new" and interesting to get "eyes on" your rag, er, publication.
I assume that a blog from a nuclear engineer at Three Mile Island or a Chinese dissident student might be looked upon as some sort of samizdat, but most blogs are really a sort of note in a bottle thrown into a lake...and around "here", the lake is pretty small and ringed with other people's houses.
I like your point that there actually is no "here" here. In fact, the who concept if the internet as sort of "other plane of existence" (a'la Vinge's "True Names") I find interesting as it affects how we and the other internet user conceptualize this experience. Here's a odd link to a copy of the story...
http://home.comcast.net/~kngjon/truename/truename.html
(By the way...that website appears to violate copyright and won't be there long I guess).
I hear you, oh Blue One.
posted by
majroj
on February 19, 2006 at 8:23 PM
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Agree with John
Thought provoking also!
posted by
Dr_JPT
on February 19, 2006 at 12:47 PM
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True...You can blog about anything...There really seems to be no boundaries except those we give ourselves...great post!
posted by
cling
on February 19, 2006 at 12:46 PM
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Azur
Newspapers are just as as quickly obsolete as blogs - in fact, when the newspaper is being used to light the fire, the blog is still available
posted by
johnmacnab
on February 19, 2006 at 10:04 AM
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Axur--- With a long history of writing for traditional markets, I'm
still undecided how "dismal" blogging is. I do know that I probably put more time into my work here than most, because of that tradition. Not certain how long I can maintain that before I quit or evolve into a being capable of producing work of lesser quality for this evanescent market.
posted by
Jazwolf
on February 19, 2006 at 9:10 AM
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Yeah, I don't see the harm in blogging. I think magazines have produced some articles of lasting value. I've drawn upon these in my blogs... I guess the desire for instant gratification is as strong as always...BTW Evanescent is a fabulous word. I think I'm going to use it in my next poem!
posted by
Trevor_Cunnington
on February 19, 2006 at 6:21 AM
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Hmmm very interesting.
Dammit I wish I had more to say than that...but my mind has gone blank.....think symphony think....nope sorry nothing!
posted by
_Symphony_
on February 19, 2006 at 6:03 AM
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Azur
I guess it depends on what people want to get out of blogging. Some people's blogs have created a a following and have even forced change. (a blog about a film festivals unfair pricing made the organizers change thier policy when many people read it and took action) some blogs are purely for entertainment, or even for the simple joy of writing them. No blogs will never take over mainstream media, but they do provide an alternative.
posted by
MerryAnne
on February 19, 2006 at 5:43 AM
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Sounds like a defensive
strategy to me. I wrote a similar post about Nick Gilligan's disparaging comments a while ago. I'm with you. If we enjoy expressing ourselves and being read and commented upon then bring it on.
posted by
malcolm
on February 19, 2006 at 4:01 AM
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