tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10563856.post3178275729473234761..comments2023-10-23T11:10:05.945-04:00Comments on Karen Duncan: Life in the Time of Coronavirus: Netroots Rising Discusion Last Night at Busboys and PoetsKaren Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13954405672195734097noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10563856.post-71767393018814819652008-09-08T22:06:00.000-04:002008-09-08T22:06:00.000-04:00So glad to see you that you decided to blog about ...So glad to see you that you decided to blog about the Netroots Rising event! Great post, and thanks so much for the link-back to the live blog! We are so happy to hear that our shop is welcoming and accommodating to the world of laptops and bloggers. Please come visit us again soon!<BR/><BR/>-Becca<BR/><BR/>Online Community ManagerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10563856.post-71565718719928459842008-08-22T12:31:00.000-04:002008-08-22T12:31:00.000-04:001. MB is right. I don't know if either of you ha...1. MB is right. I don't know if either of you have seen the movie "Training Day," but if you have, you'll remember the scene where Denzel Washington's character is introduced reading the newspaper in a diner:<BR/><BR/>"You don't know any stories? Okay, I'll tell you a story. This is a newspaper. It's 90% bullsh*t, but it's entertaining. That's why I read it: because it entertains me. You won't let me read it, so you entertain me with your bullsh*t. Tell me a story, right now."<BR/><BR/>Some of these blogs may be 90% bullsh*t, but they're entertaining, so I read them sometimes. But one should not misconstrue that to mean that I don't recognize that it's largely without intrinsic social value beyond that. I'm not going to base my vote or my activism on what I read on a blog.<BR/><BR/>2. Does Jaybird not realize that "hipster" is a dirty word?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10563856.post-7900008739632082942008-08-21T19:13:00.000-04:002008-08-21T19:13:00.000-04:00I'm not so sure they really want personal politene...I'm not so sure they really want personal politeness. In my experience, that's only invoked as a offensive defense when they're losing an argument. Keep that in mind as you look around the VA blogs, and tell me if that isn't true.<BR/><BR/>Tis important not to conflate popularity with importance, too. The highest trafficked blogs are hardly the most informative or well written. As you note, they garner readership by appealing to those that want the "drama, controversy, and compelling narrative." Is that really what we want our political conversation to consist of, though? Not me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10563856.post-62912937683017420082008-08-21T14:21:00.000-04:002008-08-21T14:21:00.000-04:00I think there's some truth to that. But some of t...I think there's some truth to that. But some of the blogs that are the most popular are also the most inflammatory at times.<BR/><BR/>I think people want drama, controversy, and compelling narrative. But they want personal politeness too. I wonder if it's possible to have it all?Karen Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13954405672195734097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10563856.post-1809630293001197372008-08-21T13:21:00.000-04:002008-08-21T13:21:00.000-04:00Software and legal structure aren't nearly as impo...Software and legal structure aren't nearly as important as culture, I think. The future of online political conversation will be determined by the ability of forum providers to maintain cultures that attract users. These cultures need not necessarily be positive, either (the Freeper forums are, uh, vibrant). <BR/><BR/>That said, I think we'll be seeing a decline in the interest shown in online political discussions by the more thoughtful among us unless we can cultivate and maintain a culture in which honesty, openness, and civility are primary values.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com