Something (maybe) like a war:
Am I the only person out there who took one look at this story about the supposed strife between webloggers pre and post September 11 and said “Say what?” I’ll admit I have about as much a finger on the pulse of weblogging as I do on say, the latest trends in railsplitting but,
PULLLLEEAASE.
Does this sound like another exercise in “everything was different after 9/11” horsecrap? Or the NYT engaged in its usual “We-don’t-really-understand-the-story-so-we’ll-phony-up-some-drama-for-it” nonsense? My vote is for both.
And yours?
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Both.
Both.
Agreed. So very agreed.
Agreed. So very agreed.
See also: http://powazek.com/zoom/log/archive/00000442.shtml
See also: http://powazek.com/zoom/log/archive/00000442.shtml
Eh, the Times wanted a story on weblogging and needed some conflict to make it interesting. Personally, I would rather see an article on weblogging as a mass exercise in exhibitionism, and/or what all of our recent cultural obsessions with reality (weblogs/the Osbournes/Survivor/the “O Brother Where Art Thou?” soundtrack, etc.) actually means as a backlash to our usually oh-so-Hollywood culture, but that’s just me.
Eh, the Times wanted a story on weblogging and needed some conflict to make it interesting. Personally, I would rather see an article on weblogging as a mass exercise in exhibitionism, and/or what all of our recent cultural obsessions with reality (weblogs/the Osbournes/Survivor/the “O Brother Where Art Thou?” soundtrack, etc.) actually means as a backlash to our usually oh-so-Hollywood culture, but that’s just me.
Geoff,
That would have been very very nice. I’m even doubting the assertion that weblogs came into their own after September 11. Anybody know if that’s actually true?
Geoff,
That would have been very very nice. I’m even doubting the assertion that weblogs came into their own after September 11. Anybody know if that’s actually true?
Of course not. Before September 11, there were a lot of people talking about what was on their mind in weblogs. After September 11, there were a lot of people talking about what was on their mind in weblogs. The only difference was, Sptember 11 was on their minds.
Of course not. Before September 11, there were a lot of people talking about what was on their mind in weblogs. After September 11, there were a lot of people talking about what was on their mind in weblogs. The only difference was, Sptember 11 was on their minds.
So would seem to me the assertion that weblogs came into their own thanks to September 11 really means “We the New York Times discovered them in the wake of September 11”
So would seem to me the assertion that weblogs came into their own thanks to September 11 really means “We the New York Times discovered them in the wake of September 11”
Oh but didn’t you know that the NY Times is the cultural barometer of our time? As soon as some trend appears in the Times, it’s already well past the curve. Just like when they reported about “jumping the shark” after “jumping the shark” had jumped the shark.
Oh but didn’t you know that the NY Times is the cultural barometer of our time? As soon as some trend appears in the Times, it’s already well past the curve. Just like when they reported about “jumping the shark” after “jumping the shark” had jumped the shark.
I was also largely unaware of this “split,” as I posted a few weeks back about the upcoming “warbloggers” book about 9/11. Since they were soliciting blog writing about 9/11, I thought it would be cool to be included. I wrote an essay in October that was not really political at all. I didn’t realize these were the same guys who were being described as right-wing hawks.
I was also largely unaware of this “split,” as I posted a few weeks back about the upcoming “warbloggers” book about 9/11. Since they were soliciting blog writing about 9/11, I thought it would be cool to be included. I wrote an essay in October that was not really political at all. I didn’t realize these were the same guys who were being described as right-wing hawks.