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Saturday, February 19, 2005

"There is no such thing as a blogger ethic"

Lost Remote: How to save blogs from ourselves by Steve Safran
Lost Remote: Tension between blogs and big media by Cory Bergman

So the latest meme (?) coming around about the blogosphere, and possibly in the blogosphere, is that "blogs are what happened when we said, 'what if we give anyone who wanted it an unlimited supply of printing press, paper, ink, and a method of distribution?' The answer is, political dialogue."

I think somebody may have said something like this on the Charlie Rose episode I saw a chunk of the other day featuring Andrew Sullivan, Wonkette Ana Marie Cox, Joe Trippi, and Instapundit Glenn Reynolds. I'd kill for a transcript of that. Or even a link to something about it. (I'll work on that.)

Personally, I generally use my blog for "Hey, look at this" and "I think X" and "You'll never believe it, XYZ happened to me today." Much like I should be talking on a regular basis to chums in town, which is another story altogether but I digress.

The entries that Steve Safran (who I continue to enjoy reading every time I see his name (despite his conservatism that I've just found out) and have enjoyed since I first saw him doing web stuff on on NECN ages ago) and Cory Bergman have offered on "how to save blogs" indicate we should be transparent. Safran:

We have to acknowledge our biases (which many sites do well) and respond to our audience.

Does this mean we should be open about our identities, which I am not?

Yes, I'm still wondering about this one. There are lots of blogs I read where the writer is not open about his or her First Name and Last Name and may or may not talk about their jobs.

I think I may have registered as Independent for the 2004 election just to be on the safe side (I'd been thinking about doing that for some years just for the journalist aspect -- in a sad attempt to look impartial), but voted for Kerry just to get rid of George W. Bush. I don't think Politics is my forte; Emotion would be a more likely candidate. Creative Eloquence, perhaps. Writing Just For Kicks.

Then again my friend Patrick thinks blogs are "insipid" -- and he's got a point there. Especially for ones like mine that are so shallow. No?

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