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Blogging Gripes

03/06/2006

At risk of sounding like I am dead against just about everything (which I'm not, this is just my ranting place :)), I don't really like aspects of the blogging world. I suppose this is natural, as blogging is such a wide open idea, that everyone takes it's meaning differently. But I just can't help but think one thing it is definately not is regurgitated mainstream media. Wrapping up one thing in shiny paper and calling it something else still does not stop it from being what it is. The newly released Newsvine, for example has been touted as 'perfect' by virtually all the people whose opinions I normally agree with (eg. Techcrunch), but to me, its just more CNN, BBC, etc etc bundled up differently. Can't you just read a newspaper if you want that? (The online version of course). But, I suppose, I am disagreeing with the people I normally agree with more and more and am kind of sad to see that the top 100 blogs in technorati is slowly being infilterated with womans weekly style celebrity blogs. I feel like saying 'please mass, don't disapoint me here, I gave you my faith that if given a better more accurate option, you'd move away from the junk pushed at you by the ten mainstream media companies and onto the voices and opinions that really interest you.' Maybe the mass just ain't ready. Maybe celebrities and the US media opinion on the war on Iraq are really all that the world boils down to in the end.

 

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Natalie: Don't forget that that's kind of the point. In order to get people to try something newer and better, you're better off making it *feel* a little like what they're already used to. People who are comfortable with RSS readers, Del.icio.us, and all of the ultra-modern ways of ingesting news often forget that 90% of the world frankly isn't. Baby steps, baby steps.

Posted by: Mike D. | 03/07/2006

Well, there you go, there is a difference. I've never had the CEO of a mainstream media company bother to comment on my blog :). Thanks Mike, I see what you mean about baby steps... but I don't think I'll be seeing a lot of Newsvine until enough baby steps have been made. However, for anyone who does want an 'alternative' to a newspaper but just can't quite bring themselves to do a google blog search, technorati search or yahoo blog search, take a look at Newsvine it may lead you gently into a whole new world :)

Posted by: Natalie | 03/07/2006

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