And the very last post from my drafts folder is a sort of blog-oxymoron.
For, perhaps, a brief moment in early 2004 there was a hint that blogging/social media/Web 2.0 was about big, world-changing ideas. But it very quickly became all about spewing out as much crap as you can. Quantity over quality. Fact checking? Who cares! Opinions are all that matter! Construct a beautiful photograph? No way! Point and shoot and dump it ALL on Flickr. Friends. Friends. I need more and more friends. Interviewing skills? That’s so old media! I don’t care about that! Look! I can stream video from my phone! I’m streaming live right now!!! Come chat!!! It’s about praising every piece of rubbish an online friend of yours does like it’s all ‘genius’. It’s about believing that just cos you’ve got a fricken blog or podcast, the world should owe you something and treat you with reverence and respect. There’s no taste or style. There’s no big ideas. There’s no quality. It’s 99% crap.
From In The Beginning : Gia’s Blog
and from a link on the above blog, a bloggers code of conduct:
Don’t write crap, don’t link to crap and if you see someone else writing crap take them to task about it.
Why make it more complicated or sanctimonious?
Being that I have now cleaned out my drafts folder, normal service will return …
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You go girl! One for you!Too bleeding write (or is that right?)
Ah, Philip, I’m glad you appreciate the iron of all of this.