tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039972.post6470655651080270955..comments2024-01-17T09:01:50.117-08:00Comments on mind-muffins: CNN Effect & the BlogosphereBelladonnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13704410443745252997noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039972.post-53544342038805270862007-03-02T14:50:00.000-08:002007-03-02T14:50:00.000-08:00I think that this sums it up (and are the rules of...I think that this sums it up (and are the rules of a good friend of mine with her kids):<BR/><BR/><I>1) is it true?<BR/>2) is it kind?<BR/>3) is it necessary?</I>Mimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02645484704486562810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039972.post-72594918826315920932007-03-02T02:44:00.000-08:002007-03-02T02:44:00.000-08:00I certainly agree that there is way too much infor...I certainly agree that there is way too much information floating around to ever absorb. However, I don't read many "serious" blogs. While I'm intrigued by the ability of serious journalistic blogs to subvert the agendas of the major news outlets, I am also wary of the lack of editorial review. It's often hard to get at anyone's true agenda (except Fox TV's), but most everyone has one, whether conscious or un, whether network or joe blo.<BR/><BR/>I think of the blogosphere as a bunch of phone conversations. I continue to talk to my family even though they rarely have anything Important to say about life -- I talk to them for the sake of connecting, of getting things off my chest, of learning of family goings and comings. This is just a new format, and one that allows anyone to theoretically join in on the conversation. I think I'm like most of my fellow casual bloggers in that I don't go out looking for new blogs to read and I don't actively advertise my blog outside my circle of friends -- I just putter along, writing in my online "journal" for the benefit of anyone who's interested or just wants a diversion. And if no one reads it, at least it was good therapy.<BR/><BR/>I hope the serious bloggers of the world can succeed in their quests to change the world for the better. The challenge for those with Important things to say will be getting themselves heard over the din created by the rest of us clowns. I wish them well, because while I like this democratic Internet, pure democracy is chaos. Thank goodness America isn't a pure democracy -- I can handle the chaos online, but I need my reality to be a bit more stable. And if the chaos of the Internet bleeds over into reality too much, we will have to start cracking down on the Internet. It will be interesting to see what happens. Internet fascism to counter the chaos?Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10389656325499233438noreply@blogger.com