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

[Kirk M]

Oh what the heck...I'll copy out this whole thread and stick it in a 
post amd add my usual "unique" view on the situation. I'm the one who 
suggested it in the first place after all. I'll make sure that everyone 
knows it's Pat's fault though.

On 12/9/2008 3:03 PM, Kim Parsell wrote:
> Okay then, who writes the post? Perhaps Pat should put one on his blog 
> and send us the link?
>
> Kim
>
> -------------
> Aaron Brazell wrote:
>
> 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. ;)
>
>
>> On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 2:53 PM, Kirk M <kmb42vt at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> 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?
>>>
>>> Sounds like good fodder for a blog post. :D
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12/9/2008 2:24 PM, Alex Hempton-Smith wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> 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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