Comments on: The media and the motivation to blog http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/12/30/the-media-and-the-motivation-to-blog/ Life, Culture and Politics from BrisVegas Tue, 14 Feb 2012 06:22:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Rob http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/12/30/the-media-and-the-motivation-to-blog/#comment-188067 Rob Fri, 02 Jan 2009 07:21:05 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/12/30/the-media-and-the-motivation-to-blog/#comment-188067 Yes, it's an invitation to get lost. Yes, it’s an invitation to get lost.

]]> By: Mark http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/12/30/the-media-and-the-motivation-to-blog/#comment-188066 Mark Fri, 02 Jan 2009 07:15:19 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/12/30/the-media-and-the-motivation-to-blog/#comment-188066 <blockquote>One thing I have noticed about blogging is both the centrality and ephemerality of comments. If you want to reproduce a post - either in print form, or on another website - then often the original post will have generated a fascinating/ amusing conversation in comments that you would want to reproduce. But space/formal considerations usually bar you from doing this.</blockquote> Agree, TimT. That's one of the reasons why I'm a bit sceptical about the value of the Troppo/OLO Best Blogs thing - the other being that blog posts are a different form from op/eds.

One thing I have noticed about blogging is both the centrality and ephemerality of comments. If you want to reproduce a post – either in print form, or on another website – then often the original post will have generated a fascinating/ amusing conversation in comments that you would want to reproduce. But space/formal considerations usually bar you from doing this.

Agree, TimT.

That’s one of the reasons why I’m a bit sceptical about the value of the Troppo/OLO Best Blogs thing – the other being that blog posts are a different form from op/eds.

]]> By: Mark http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/12/30/the-media-and-the-motivation-to-blog/#comment-188065 Mark Fri, 02 Jan 2009 07:13:34 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/12/30/the-media-and-the-motivation-to-blog/#comment-188065 Yep - in at least two ways - the weak excuse for not participating in threads (the contest of ideas or whatever you like to call it implies accountability) and the contempt she shows for "readers". Yep – in at least two ways – the weak excuse for not participating in threads (the contest of ideas or whatever you like to call it implies accountability) and the contempt she shows for “readers”.

]]> By: Rob http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/12/30/the-media-and-the-motivation-to-blog/#comment-188064 Rob Fri, 02 Jan 2009 07:04:58 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/12/30/the-media-and-the-motivation-to-blog/#comment-188064 I think Janet sums up pretty well why she actually is not a blogger. 'Over to you'. Wow. I think Janet sums up pretty well why she actually is not a blogger. ‘Over to you’. Wow.

]]> By: Mark http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/12/30/the-media-and-the-motivation-to-blog/#comment-188063 Mark Fri, 02 Jan 2009 07:00:56 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/12/30/the-media-and-the-motivation-to-blog/#comment-188063 She forgot to mention getting paid lots of money to do it. She forgot to mention getting paid lots of money to do it.

]]> By: Phil http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/12/30/the-media-and-the-motivation-to-blog/#comment-188062 Phil Fri, 02 Jan 2009 04:04:44 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/12/30/the-media-and-the-motivation-to-blog/#comment-188062 <a href="http://blogs.theaustralian.news.com.au/janetalbrechtsen/index.php/theaustralian/comments/blog_therapy_will_return/P75/" rel="nofollow">Janet Albrechtsen</a> meditates on her motivations. Janet Albrechtsen meditates on her motivations.

]]> By: TimT http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/12/30/the-media-and-the-motivation-to-blog/#comment-188061 TimT Fri, 02 Jan 2009 02:15:35 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/12/30/the-media-and-the-motivation-to-blog/#comment-188061 I started blogging as part of my get-work activities (hence the title, WillTypeForFood), but I soon found out that was never really my principle motivation for blogging. I'd been commenting around the traps for a while, reading other people's blogs, and I tended to write a hell of a lot in my spare time anyway. So my blog fast became a good place for random thoughts, musings, and pieces and soon generated its own style and, I guess, personality. One thing I have noticed about blogging is both the centrality and ephemerality of comments. If you want to reproduce a post - either in print form, or on another website - then often the original post will have generated a fascinating/ amusing conversation in comments that you would want to reproduce. But space/formal considerations usually bar you from doing this. The comments facility on blogs allows, and usually generates, many more wise, witty, and wonderful comments than the letters page in a newspaper, magazine, or print publication. But at the same time, the comments are hard to find again, and well-nigh impossible to reproduce in a satisfactory form. Also, of course, a good comment can show up the prolixity and pretenses of a longer piece (blog post, newspaper article, whatever). You can labour away for hours at a long-winded post, only to find your arguments summarised, denied, or brilliantly parodied in one sentence by a commenter. I started blogging as part of my get-work activities (hence the title, WillTypeForFood), but I soon found out that was never really my principle motivation for blogging. I’d been commenting around the traps for a while, reading other people’s blogs, and I tended to write a hell of a lot in my spare time anyway. So my blog fast became a good place for random thoughts, musings, and pieces and soon generated its own style and, I guess, personality.

One thing I have noticed about blogging is both the centrality and ephemerality of comments. If you want to reproduce a post – either in print form, or on another website – then often the original post will have generated a fascinating/ amusing conversation in comments that you would want to reproduce. But space/formal considerations usually bar you from doing this.

The comments facility on blogs allows, and usually generates, many more wise, witty, and wonderful comments than the letters page in a newspaper, magazine, or print publication. But at the same time, the comments are hard to find again, and well-nigh impossible to reproduce in a satisfactory form.

Also, of course, a good comment can show up the prolixity and pretenses of a longer piece (blog post, newspaper article, whatever). You can labour away for hours at a long-winded post, only to find your arguments summarised, denied, or brilliantly parodied in one sentence by a commenter.

]]> By: beep beep beep http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/12/30/the-media-and-the-motivation-to-blog/#comment-188060 beep beep beep Wed, 31 Dec 2008 12:06:02 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/12/30/the-media-and-the-motivation-to-blog/#comment-188060 Blogging is a new form of information transfer. Where previously the knowledge was archived in places which required specialist knowledge to access it now lots of "informations" are out there. Searching skills and information credibilty are valuable now. I heard a person explaining why he felt the internet was going to change things ( this must have been 10 years ago on the BBC ) and he thought it would free us all intellectually as we could outsource memory. I'm not sure that has happened or to what extent but the internet itself must have been an incredible accelerant for globalisation. Blogging is a new form of information transfer. Where previously the knowledge was archived in places which required specialist knowledge to access it now lots of “informations” are out there.
Searching skills and information credibilty are valuable now.
I heard a person explaining why he felt the internet was going to change things ( this must have been 10 years ago on the BBC ) and he thought it would free us all intellectually as we could outsource memory.
I’m not sure that has happened or to what extent but the internet itself must have been an incredible accelerant for globalisation.

]]> By: Iain Hall http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/12/30/the-media-and-the-motivation-to-blog/#comment-188059 Iain Hall Wed, 31 Dec 2008 06:49:11 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/12/30/the-media-and-the-motivation-to-blog/#comment-188059 #12 <blockquote>But since I took up blogging my knowledge and understanding of people who are different from me (men, conservatives, and people a generation or more younger than me, mainly) have increased dramatically.</blockquote> I agree PC, It works from both sides of the political spectrum But the really brave bloggers make the effort to get out of their comfort zone and engage with those who don't agree with their opinions. #12

But since I took up blogging my knowledge and understanding of people who are different from me (men, conservatives, and people a generation or more younger than me, mainly) have increased dramatically.

I agree PC, It works from both sides of the political spectrum But the really brave bloggers make the effort to get out of their comfort zone and engage with those who don’t agree with their opinions.

]]> By: skepticlawyer http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/12/30/the-media-and-the-motivation-to-blog/#comment-188058 skepticlawyer Wed, 31 Dec 2008 06:41:00 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/12/30/the-media-and-the-motivation-to-blog/#comment-188058 Iain and PC -- both very good points, not much more to add, really. Iain and PC — both very good points, not much more to add, really.

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