tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12673673.post113436620222220673..comments2023-10-22T03:45:04.749-05:00Comments on the Constant Observer: Battle of the Splog: Aggregating vs. ConversatingTish Grierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15657229618222899908noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12673673.post-1134710342498861352005-12-16T00:19:00.000-05:002005-12-16T00:19:00.000-05:00Thanks, Seth...you make a very good point that one...Thanks, Seth...you make a very good point that one's professional goals can relate to one's content.<BR/><BR/>This is, though, a new medium and the philosophical debates on how it should or should not be used are. It isn't all about doing the "Dear Diary" thing all day any more than it is totally about using the medium for cheap corporate websites. <BR/><BR/>And while we should indeed be Tish Grierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15657229618222899908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12673673.post-1134590412590393372005-12-14T15:00:00.000-05:002005-12-14T15:00:00.000-05:00Tish, Jon - this is all recapitulating the confusi...Tish, Jon - this is all recapitulating the confusion that arises from having "blog" mean all of "personal diary, social chat, punditry", and then switching among the definitions.<BR/><BR/>Mathematically, only a relatively few people can be A-listers and/or have blogs which make them money. Everyone can write a diary or socialize. But focusing on the joy of the latter is not a substitute for the Seth Finkelsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14948189729759099429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12673673.post-1134567072336744212005-12-14T08:31:00.000-05:002005-12-14T08:31:00.000-05:00I thought you did the typo because I'd done a simi...I thought you did the typo because I'd done a similar typo in the post! Glad it wasn't me ;-)<BR/><BR/>And Aaron might indeed be enjoying my content and consider me a "trusted source" but that is a result of being a person. It wasn't my sole intention and my Master Plan, and it isn't the only way that I relate to others from this blog. <BR/><BR/>You also put out great content with Civilities (Tish Grierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15657229618222899908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12673673.post-1134481996084568022005-12-13T08:53:00.000-05:002005-12-13T08:53:00.000-05:00Jon,I couldn't disagree with you more.If the focus...Jon,<BR/><BR/>I couldn't disagree with you more.<BR/><BR/>If the focus remains on, as I said, "kick-ass content," then you're just going to have more people creating blogs with the intention of creating money, and then quitting them when they realize that keeping a blog is alot of work. <BR/><BR/>Besides, thinking of oneself only as a "content provider" is like thinking of oneself only as a "Tish Grierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15657229618222899908noreply@blogger.com