I was reading a conversation on Moleskineries this morning and I came across a post, from an anonymous writer that wrote:
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1. Moleskins suck.
2. Bloggers are not journalists
3. Repeat 2. 16,789 times
4. Nobody cares what bloggers write
I feel sorry for your wasted time.
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This is a really funny post. First, I think that people don’t understand or just didn’t want to. Some seem to fear the new communication medium that are blogs. They don’t understand their implications their popularity. Blogging seem to be implemented in the news system and would probably not go. The interaction between blogs and traditional news networks had begun some years ago; the interactions became more and more important. Blogs use traditional Medias to discuss the world’s situation and traditional Medias use blogs to discuss the world’s situation. Is that bad? Certainly not. But it can be a fearful situation for someone that work in traditional Medias and that want to keep is job or that didn’t like change. Sorry to disappoint you but they are there and will not disappear tomorrow.
Personally I blog for myself otherwise I would not blog. You think that the 1.5 million of MSN space bloggers are writers? I don’t think so. They do this for them, for their friends and family. There are writers who blog; there are journalist who blog; there are CEO who blog; there are also normal person who blog. Anybody can blog, it’s the beauty of blogging; it’s probably one of the best free speech medium. Go check Iranian blogs or Iraqi blogs; you?ll understand what I say.
Technoratie: [bloggers] [journalists] [writing]
Max
February 3, 2005 — 4:32 pm
What world would be this, without trolls?
In most of cases I think that some people criticize the blogs not just because they don’t understand, but simply because they are envious. Envious of people who have the ability to write and share opinions without any fee.
Professional journalists, in the beginning, hated blogs, for the reasons you wrote in this post, but I think that things are changing, don’t you?
A little story: on last september, a famous female italian blogger (Proserpina) was invited in a morning TV show to talk about blogs. The presenter, an old journalist proud to use just the typewriter and never the PC, tried to fool the blogger saying “why spending all that time to write with a computer, alone in a room, while the world outside is so beautiful?”. Proserpina answered:”you should make the same question to people who’s at home watching your TV show now”. I loved her.
Anyway, it’s true: blogs give a great chance to speak even for those who can’t with traditional media.
Second little story: in my country (I know, I always talk about my country…:-) journalists and actors that disappoint our premier Mr. Berlusconi can’t appear on TV, because practically all TV channels are owned by his family.
A great funny actor, Beppe Grillo, who can’t appear on TV, just in theatres, opened a good blog where he is free to say what he wants and we are free to leave comments on his posts. I think this is very important.
Ok, I stop.
Bye
Fred
February 4, 2005 — 4:33 pm
Hello Max! Hehehehe, I love when you are talking of your country; it always brings us a new perspective. I just remembered that I ear somewhere Berlusconi own all major Medias. Rationally I can see how he became the president of your country with such a power but irrationally I can’t see why he became the president (I really didn’t know him but the fact that he own all major medias give him just too many power). I love Proserpina too; his answer was right to the point 😉 The problem is that I didn’t read Italian; otherwise I would start reading your bloggers; they seem to do a direct show 🙂 So, the only thing we have to do is to didn’t mind what this type of trolls are writing and laugh when they will lose their jobs because they didn’t follow the market 😉 Salutations, Fred
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May 14, 2006 — 9:11 pm
thx. I am a new blogger and it helps me to write everyday. Good therapy you know. The guy who said blogging is useless, is the same guy that will sit in front of the idol box, and say this life man. gary
Fred
May 15, 2006 — 8:52 am
Hi Gary,
Yes, blogging is a really, really good therapy 🙂 It helps making things clear in mind (okay, it is the process of writing that does the job, but blogging is the social medium to practice it).
By the way, why don’t you put your blog’s URL when you commented this blog post? It is a really good way to let other people discovering your blog.
Take care,
Salutations,
Fred
Becca
May 27, 2006 — 7:08 pm
Hey Fred! I came across a link to Talk Digger which linked me to your blog… thanks! I’ve enjoyed reading your articles 🙂 I figured this was a better place than any to post a comment, so here we go…
First… love Talk Digger. Great idea and very easy to understand. I’ve been looking for that capability, so I was really excited when I found the site!
When do you think we’ll have the capability to learn how many people subscribe to one feed? I use bloglines.com and it shows how many subscribers to a feed who use bloglines… but surely there’s a way to combine all the feeders and get one total… right? I’ve done some searching and can find more questions than answers 🙂 I would think that knowing how many people rss your site is just as important as knowing how many people actually visit it every day. I’m sure hoping you can explain this to me 🙂
Ok, now about this idiot who made that comment on Moleskineries… I realize that it was in Feb/05, but I’m afraid there are still idiots just like him today. I visited the guy’s blog, but sadly, I don’t speak his language and have NO idea what he’s talking about.
I’m on a quest to figure out what makes the perfect blog. I’ve done quite a bit of blog reading and I find it interesting that some of the more popular sites are of people who don’t necessarily write creatively, who don’t have stunning graphics… but who are *real* and talk about the good and the bad in their everyday life. I have my own domain, but I haven’t developed it yet. I guess I will after I feel my research is done. I guess for now my current blog will have to work.
Anyway, I could keep going, but I’m sure this comment has gotten long enough. Thank you for your time, your blog and Talk Digger!
Becca
Fred
May 29, 2006 — 9:21 am
Hi Becca!
Thanks for this great and long comment! 🙂
Thanks for the kind words!
With the next version I am currently working on that is supposed to see the day in a couple of months (I am supposed to do the first private tests by the end of june, and the private beta (a couple of hundred of users) by the end of July, and the public beta by the end of August.
So you will be able to know how many people are tracking a specific URL ( your blog URL for example ).
Yup, reticence to people to accept changes in their life, and the way they live. It’s normal I think… it’s human.
Yup, the best blogs (and books) are wrote by people that say what they really think and not what they think people want to read (because people don’t know what they would like to read).
I am blogging for nearly 2 years now, and so many things changed on my blog in these two years. Months after months I was opening myself a little bit more. We have to take the time to get our way with blogging, so it is the best thing you do: taking the time to do you research.
And thank you for your kind words.
Salutations,
Fred