[wp-testers] It seems we're outmoded...

Kim Parsell kparsell-wp at kpdesign.net
Tue Dec 9 20:49:31 GMT 2008


Um...cause you started this conversation??? lol

Kim

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Paleo Pat wrote:
> Why me? I'm a political Blogger, not a techy nerd. ;-P
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> -Paleo Pat
> http://www.politicalbyline.com
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> On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 3:03 PM, Kim Parsell <kparsell-wp at kpdesign.net>wrote:
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>> Okay then, who writes the post? Perhaps Pat should put one on his blog and
>> send us the link?
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>> Kim
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>> Aaron Brazell wrote:
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>> Thinking the whole conversation is probably best positioned on a blog with
>> the rest of you commenting on it. You know... As opposed to on the testers
>> mailing list. ;)
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>>  On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 2:53 PM, Kirk M <kmb42vt at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>> Hmmm, thinking maybe that the blogosphere is an ongoing evolution sort of
>>>> thing or should it be more appropriately called an ongoing metamorphosis?
>>>> How do we define "garbage" outside of splogs and post harvesting type
>>>> blogs
>>>> that are there simply for advertising purposes? And once we come to some
>>>> sort of definition (not likely) how could the blogosphere possibly be
>>>> re-organized?
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>>>> Sounds like good fodder for a blog post. :D
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>>>> On 12/9/2008 2:24 PM, Alex Hempton-Smith wrote:
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>>>>> Although I completely agree that Twitter/Facebook cannot replace blogs -
>>>>> I
>>>>> have to agree that there is far more garbage out there now.
>>>>>
>>>>> WordPress.com, Blogger, et al have made it extremely easy for anybody
>>>>> with
>>>>> half a brain to create a blog; although what Google, and moreso
>>>>> Automattic,
>>>>> are doing for the blogosphere is noble, is it just making it too easy to
>>>>> create garbage?
>>>>>
>>>>> If you are forced to take time to get a blog online, maybe it sorts
>>>>> between
>>>>> those who are 'dedicated' to making great content or getting a message
>>>>> accross, as apposed to those who just fancy writing about a meal they
>>>>> had
>>>>> last night.
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>>>>> However - maybe this isn't a bad thing?! If I'm stuck for somewhere to
>>>>> eat,
>>>>> I'd appreciate a blog post on a great local chinese resteraunt than a
>>>>> long,
>>>>> well written piece on Barack Obama!
>>>>>
>>>>> Does this call for us to re-organise the blogosphere?
>>>>>
>>>>> -- Alex
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