tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12673673.post113120970566602535..comments2023-10-22T03:45:04.749-05:00Comments on the Constant Observer: Anti-Social Social MediaTish Grierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15657229618222899908noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12673673.post-1132255868779846032005-11-17T14:31:00.000-05:002005-11-17T14:31:00.000-05:00Jon sez: With all due respect, people who come int...Jon sez: <I>With all due respect, people who come into their own using a particular breed of social software tend to rally around that and scoff at other things.</I><BR/><BR/>Until someone explains the new social software and they try it.<BR/><BR/>We all tend to be luddites--we like what's comfortable. I used to be a denizen of the New York Times Film Forums, but, frankly, I dislike the Tish Grierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15657229618222899908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12673673.post-1132072767083769162005-11-15T11:39:00.000-05:002005-11-15T11:39:00.000-05:00Jon, thank you for the link in your post. I just b...Jon, thank you for the link in your post. I just became a moderator for a blogging forum on a larger writing board and I made sure to put your site up for interested parties to read. Very insightful.ohdawnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01995493308490806364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12673673.post-1131753120149219992005-11-11T18:52:00.000-05:002005-11-11T18:52:00.000-05:00I'd suggest that "Fear Of The People" is a bad way...I'd suggest that "Fear Of The People" is a bad way of putting it, since that feeds into the sense of chattering as The Movement. Rather, a better rendering of a common reason is "Don't Want To Deal With The Goddamn Trolls".<BR/><BR/>Remember, crime is a social activity too!Seth Finkelsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14948189729759099429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12673673.post-1131714202115837432005-11-11T08:03:00.000-05:002005-11-11T08:03:00.000-05:00money, and fear of The People, seem to be as much ...money, and fear of The People, seem to be as much part of the comments problem as the "we can't get the software to work" thing....and are probably the more plausable reasons...Tish Grierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15657229618222899908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12673673.post-1131679726028274992005-11-10T22:28:00.000-05:002005-11-10T22:28:00.000-05:00thanks rvr really great, thoughtful comments.From ...thanks <B>rvr</B> really great, thoughtful comments.<BR/><BR/>From what people are saying here, and from the scuttlebutt I'm picking up from the "weblogs forum" (which is a beast to leave a post on--can't see the thread you're posting to) I think it's a combination of factors--some of it having to do with Advance, some of it possibly having to do with an unknown factor...<BR/><BR/>What is Tish Grierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15657229618222899908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12673673.post-1131588768529063792005-11-09T21:12:00.000-05:002005-11-09T21:12:00.000-05:00i think this is an excellent topic here. and i jus...i think this is an excellent topic here. and i just wanted to add support to the idea that the problem here is not one of technology. the architecture of blogs has existed for a while, and it has long included comments. the fact that a site like masslive can go so long without comments on their blogs, in my opinion, points to one, or both, of two things: a cost issue with adding features, or a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12673673.post-1131550257208013922005-11-09T10:30:00.000-05:002005-11-09T10:30:00.000-05:00Hi Jen...I don't know if I'd still be blogging if ...Hi Jen...I don't know if I'd still be blogging if I didn't have comments and link to others, as well as have a sitementer and technorati account. These tools give you a basic idea if your blogging is worth it or not. <BR/><BR/>There really is nothing worse than feeling like you're simply typing blog entries to keep up your typing speed.<BR/><BR/>Dawno...people NEVER want to look stuff up. Tish Grierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15657229618222899908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12673673.post-1131498455274795672005-11-08T20:07:00.000-05:002005-11-08T20:07:00.000-05:00Why don't people just look stuff up? Podcasting: ...Why don't people just look stuff up? Podcasting: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcasting<BR/><BR/>I love how the article uses the word "portmanteau" and hyperlinks *that* so you can learn what portmanteau means. I'm embarassed to admit I thought it was somekind of a suitcase. *shrug* never too old to learn something new!ohdawnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01995493308490806364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12673673.post-1131485972846499462005-11-08T16:39:00.000-05:002005-11-08T16:39:00.000-05:00Hi Tish! I am a Masslive blogger who doesn't work...Hi Tish! I am a Masslive blogger who doesn't work at Masslive. I have been asking for comments for a long time now. I sometimes feel like I am blogging in a vacuum. I have no idea how much readership I have. Comments would give me more of clue who is reading. By the way, you can email any of us bloggers through the link near the top right sides of our blogs. I do get the occasional email Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12673673.post-1131400827926389172005-11-07T17:00:00.000-05:002005-11-07T17:00:00.000-05:00Greg...lol! well, same thing happens to Jeff Jarv...Greg...lol! well, same thing happens to Jeff Jarvis if he googles himself, so you're in good company. and I'm glad to hear that the blogs over there will be getting comments. It's more important than some people think!<BR/><BR/>Dawno:<BR/><BR/>thanks for validating my intuition! so, I'm not going nuts over here when I think I'm getting the Evil Eye from all those web design and consulting Tish Grierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15657229618222899908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12673673.post-1131377857410988332005-11-07T10:37:00.000-05:002005-11-07T10:37:00.000-05:00WooT!!1!! I'm cutting edge. Yes, there is giggling...WooT!!1!! I'm cutting edge. Yes, there is giggling going on here.<BR/><BR/>This is worth repeating: "There are lots and lots of people, even educated tech industry and web development people, who don't "get" blogging--and it then becomes their misconception and fears of it that the rest of us will have to overcome if The People are going to have the capacity and ability to maximize this stuff to ohdawnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01995493308490806364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12673673.post-1131368413205230402005-11-07T08:00:00.000-05:002005-11-07T08:00:00.000-05:00Tish, thanks for your remarks. I'll admit that my...Tish, thanks for your remarks. I'll admit that my first thought when reading your post was: Great. Now whenever someone Googles my name, this is going to come up.<BR/><BR/>Comments are in the process of being added to our weblogs -- not quickly enough for my taste, but they are coming.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12673673.post-1131321466535537502005-11-06T18:57:00.000-05:002005-11-06T18:57:00.000-05:00J...that's definitely one of the challenges. I thi...J...that's definitely one of the challenges. <BR/><BR/>I think where you think about software, I think about what a thing is and try to simplify the concept of what it is so that people can understand it better. When I see blogs that don't interact, where you see an engineering problem, I see a conceptualiztion problem. Do those using the thing have an understanding of what it is? If I see Tish Grierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15657229618222899908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12673673.post-1131303657120361982005-11-06T14:00:00.000-05:002005-11-06T14:00:00.000-05:00Hmm...I always thought the point of internships wa...Hmm...I always thought the point of internships was to starve for one's art, so to say;-)<BR/><BR/>Although it may indeed be a good idea to have interns get a whiff of the power of interactive technology and social media by actually handling it. Many students already use livejournal, but, as I've discovered from conversing with some of them, many don't get that there is a larger blog community Tish Grierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15657229618222899908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12673673.post-1131260225376951882005-11-06T01:57:00.000-05:002005-11-06T01:57:00.000-05:00"The only understandable excuse would be lack of f..."The only understandable excuse would be lack of funds necessary to hire someone who could monitor the blogs (if those authoring them couldn't monitor them personally.)"<BR/><BR/>This is what interns are for. "Wanna learn the business of journalism, kid? Here, keep an eye on the comments."<BR/><BR/>I believe that any blog - personal or business - without comments to continue the conversation and ohdawnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01995493308490806364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12673673.post-1131256727862645792005-11-06T00:58:00.000-05:002005-11-06T00:58:00.000-05:00Hi Jeff...Thanks for the comment and explanation. ...Hi Jeff...<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the comment and explanation. <BR/><BR/>My intention, with this particular post, was to test the waters to see if there was even any desire on the parts of the Powers that Be to interact with the blogging community outside of Masslive.com. I felt that giving them the opportunity to begin dialogue--not just benign correction-- outside of their terrain by snarking Tish Grierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15657229618222899908noreply@blogger.com