The coverage, as usual, was bullshit. That was the juggernaut. Jim Moore, the insider, is the only analyst who has a story worth listening to. You're breathing each others fumes. Shame on you. So few people are thinking here. Just like the media we aspire to do better than, or so I thought.I've never understood this view of things. I've never talked to a blogger that's said "I aspire to be better than the media". An awful lot of them have said "This stuff is neat, it lets me share stuff with other people in ways that were previously impossible." Bloggers aren't better or worse than the media - bloggers are just people that care enough about something to share it with someone else. Blogs are tools that facilitate this.
Bloggers that don't get something right aren't automatically *worse* than the media - they're not even bad bloggers. Getting it wrong simply illustrates a bloggers humanity and highlights where they are on their individual journey of discovery. Its high time that the blogosphere got over itself and focus on the fundamentals.
Blogging is people sharing stuff they care about.
Blogging is people sharing stuff they care about. Sprinkle on a bit of Vanity, No?
Sure, but even vanity goes back to caring enough about something to try and draw someone else's attention to it. Vanity is the motivation behind a lot of human actions.
Blogging is mostly opinion too. It doesn't usually purport to be fact...or reporting.
I'm not even sure that bloggers even care enough to make the distinction.
But that's just my opinion. ;)