Blog
Jonathan Fields recently posed a harsh question to his readers: Would you pay to read your own blog? It was a reframing of a comment by Remarkablogger’s Michael Martine, and its goal, as Martine says, is “to give people a new angle from which to honestly think about the quality of what they write and [...]
Aug
21
Justin on August 21st, 2009
Lately, I’ve been discontent with the state and quality of social media. I’ve lamented the lack of trailblazers, questioned the purpose of an audience and even called for an outright rebellion. And now, amid all this white noise that passes for communication, we have yet another sign that independence in America is more discouraged than [...]
Continue reading about PittGirl: A Lesson in Anonymity, Paranoia and What’s Wrong With America
Comments Are Overrated
As I (and several others) have pointed out recently, there’s been a slow death of discourse in blogs. Most commenters either agree with the author openly, disagree vehemently, or use the opportunity as a chance to pose their own pet theories (as a ploy to drive traffic to their own blogs). What’s often missing is [...]
Continue reading about Comments Are Overrated