Comments on: The tech blogosphere is a closed circle feeding on itself

By: StevenHodson

StevenHodson — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:38:16 +0000

By: danieljames

danieljames — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:12:45 +0000

Thanks for nice information and Social media needs to get together and work together to pull a Dan Rather on the whole of the beaurocracy, expose the waste and fraud and corruption. Use the power of social media to elect good people who don't want careers in politics, use it to aid school boards in fighting teacher's unions and get rid of poor-performing teachers.
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By: notes, thoughts, ideas and responses » The FriendFeed Sponge

notes, thoughts, ideas and responses » The FriendFeed Sponge — Tue, 20 May 2008 17:40:20 +0000

[...] possibilities and trying to pinpoint exactly what all this means. Steven Hodson thinks bloggers worry about their egos too much and he admits the new wave of blogging is not [...]

By: ML2 daily 05/20/2008

ML2 daily 05/20/2008 — Tue, 20 May 2008 09:30:01 +0000

[...] WinExtra » The tech blogosphere is a closed circle feeding on itself [...]

By: webomatica

webomatica — Mon, 19 May 2008 21:33:49 +0000

Technology is just a tool. I'm sure the inventors of television optimistically thought of all the good it could have been - education, bringing people together, allowing people to communicate visually - and now in the present day it's debatable how much good it has really done, knowing all the time wasting, absolute schlock aired on a regular basis. Even my favorite show, Battlestar Galactica, doesn't exactly save lives or feed the world. It's entertainment.

By: Attention Invesment | Tropophilia

Attention Invesment | Tropophilia — Mon, 19 May 2008 20:23:15 +0000

[...] Hodson wrote an excellent post last night that called out the tech blogosphere for what it (largely) is: a self-perpetuating eddy [...]

By: CyndyA

CyndyA — Mon, 19 May 2008 16:43:17 +0000

Yes and no. When it's the same small minority, they don't drive change; they hinder it. They are the people you are taught to ignore when doing development, because a) they will never be happy and b) what they like and want isn't necessarily indicative of what the larger audience likes and wants. You need to shoot for the middle ground, and that 2% usually isn't anywhere near it.

By: khylek

khylek — Mon, 19 May 2008 16:19:20 +0000

Isn't it almost always a small minority that pushes change? A lot of the things being complained about are completely inevitable. Let's be honest, MS hasn't always been a great corporate citizen, so even if it's fairly ludicrous that they could close the web by buying Yahoo! Search and Facebook, criticism and concern is warranted.