Comments on: I think we’re getting somewhere http://www.levjoy.com/blog/2005/11/28/i-think-were-getting-somewhere/ Mon, 19 Dec 2011 21:31:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Josh http://www.levjoy.com/blog/2005/11/28/i-think-were-getting-somewhere/comment-page-1/#comment-217 Josh Tue, 29 Nov 2005 20:30:36 +0000 http://www.levjoy.com/blog/2005/11/28/i-think-were-getting-somewhere/#comment-217 Citizen journalism, I think, is a term for one way to use a blog -- to report locally and subjectively the experiences and thoughts of people. Blogs aren't one thing; they're tools. They can be used to talked about oneself endlessly or root for the end of all evil. That's what's great about them. Did you read the article in the Times last week about Chinese bloggers? The featured blogger was a woman who likes to take her clothes off and put pictures on the blog. They can't stand the heat but they can't ignore blogging so they do their best to write the phenomenon off as a trendy fad. Citizen journalism, I think, is a term for one way to use a blog — to report locally and subjectively the experiences and thoughts of people. Blogs aren’t one thing; they’re tools. They can be used to talked about oneself endlessly or root for the end of all evil. That’s what’s great about them.

Did you read the article in the Times last week about Chinese bloggers? The featured blogger was a woman who likes to take her clothes off and put pictures on the blog. They can’t stand the heat but they can’t ignore blogging so they do their best to write the phenomenon off as a trendy fad.

]]> By: rb http://www.levjoy.com/blog/2005/11/28/i-think-were-getting-somewhere/comment-page-1/#comment-216 rb Tue, 29 Nov 2005 20:15:06 +0000 http://www.levjoy.com/blog/2005/11/28/i-think-were-getting-somewhere/#comment-216 i cant stand those people with 1000 friends. i mean they dont really KNOW those people, it so obviously doesnt count. oh, did i miss the point again? but isnt "citizen journalism" just another term for "blog" which, while you and some others are noble in your efforts to reach out and disseminate information, most people (myself probably included) just use as a platform to either brag about how cool they are (id like to think i dont do that) or rant about how pissed off they are or chronicle personal events? which is itself a bit of a vanity plate. maybe it's just me. wait a sec, am i being the cynical one this time? i cant stand those people with 1000 friends. i mean they dont really KNOW those people, it so obviously doesnt count. oh, did i miss the point again?

but isnt “citizen journalism” just another term for “blog” which, while you and some others are noble in your efforts to reach out and disseminate information, most people (myself probably included) just use as a platform to either brag about how cool they are (id like to think i dont do that) or rant about how pissed off they are or chronicle personal events? which is itself a bit of a vanity plate. maybe it’s just me. wait a sec, am i being the cynical one this time?

]]> By: Josh http://www.levjoy.com/blog/2005/11/28/i-think-were-getting-somewhere/comment-page-1/#comment-215 Josh Tue, 29 Nov 2005 15:25:44 +0000 http://www.levjoy.com/blog/2005/11/28/i-think-were-getting-somewhere/#comment-215 Sorry about that Y vel. Sorry about that Y vel.

]]> By: Semaj http://www.levjoy.com/blog/2005/11/28/i-think-were-getting-somewhere/comment-page-1/#comment-214 Semaj Tue, 29 Nov 2005 15:23:23 +0000 http://www.levjoy.com/blog/2005/11/28/i-think-were-getting-somewhere/#comment-214 ooh...that hurts ooh…that hurts

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