tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12310464.post2168087864348940882..comments2024-02-26T13:34:55.746-06:00Comments on Comrade Kevin's Chrestomathy: Blogging in the NewsComrade Kevinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11393718048145784837noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12310464.post-19332910392367151482007-12-27T20:54:00.000-06:002007-12-27T20:54:00.000-06:00That would be me.NOT!I generally stop going to blo...That would be me.<BR/><BR/><I>NOT!</I><BR/><BR/>I generally stop going to blogs which get so big that there isn't the feel of <I>dialog</I> between participants. I'm seldom at Shakesville these days; the Pub makes me a little nuts, with too many simultaneous conversations going on. Even Blue Gal's Salon moves too quickly for this old turtle!<BR/><BR/>Points well made, CK. Perhaps we're just not hooked into the insipid stuff, but everyone I frequent has a mix of light-weight tension-breakers and thoughtful observations about real world problems and events.<BR/><BR/>That's why I'm <I>here,</I> actually! ;)The Cunning Runthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11480635074548499383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12310464.post-16511895198441566742007-12-27T07:14:00.000-06:002007-12-27T07:14:00.000-06:00Just this morning a story on NPR about bloggers ma...Just this morning a story on NPR about bloggers making $2k a month on ads and getting book offers.<BR/><BR/>Alrighty then.Franhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07181529277715646835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12310464.post-77329047291488856332007-12-26T18:17:00.000-06:002007-12-26T18:17:00.000-06:00Add me to the fan club, dood.I dunno about wanting...Add me to the fan club, dood.<BR/><BR/>I dunno about wanting to be one of the big boys, CK. The thing is, you become what you previously scorned. I'm sure at one point even Bob Woodward didn't want to be part of the MSM. Oh, wait.<BR/><BR/>Not that anyone is asking me to join any of the so-called A-list, but I don't think I would even do that. <BR/><BR/>Regards,<BR/><BR/>TengrainAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12310464.post-54416961044902081382007-12-26T15:59:00.000-06:002007-12-26T15:59:00.000-06:00What Boxer said! On a whim I did google ads and h...What Boxer said! <BR/><BR/>On a whim I did google ads and have not seen one penny from it... nor do I expect to! I have to laugh at what ads come up, sort of ala gmail... I have had ads for all sorts of nutty things pop in. <BR/><BR/>In July I was interviewed by our a newspaper regarding a blog I had started for my church. While the woman who interviewed me was lovely and seemingly most respectful of blogging, I did have to laugh. There were several inaccuracies in her reporting, details which were not hard to capture from our interview. <BR/><BR/>It did make me smile! And they think that bloggers and other citizen journalists are the problem. Hah!Franhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07181529277715646835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12310464.post-43651017573690521732007-12-26T12:19:00.000-06:002007-12-26T12:19:00.000-06:00I appreciate all of your supportive words, Boxer!Y...I appreciate all of your supportive words, Boxer!<BR/><BR/>You are quite right. That unfortunate perception is widespread all over the place and particularly in the mainstream media.<BR/><BR/>It's up to us to make a point to show that blogging is far different than social networking and other trivialities.Comrade Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11393718048145784837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12310464.post-16136082990275443842007-12-26T11:47:00.000-06:002007-12-26T11:47:00.000-06:00What a great commentary CK. You can count me as pa...What a great commentary CK. You can count me as part of your adoring crowd. <BR/><BR/>But I was thinking about this, it is not just local papers like you cited, but the MSM like CNN and MSNBC also portray us in a negative light as college students or high schoolers. In my experiences most people do not understand the difference between blogs and facebook/myspace and in some cases there are little differences, but in some cases such as you and most of us in this little community we know, the differences are vast.joshhill1021https://www.blogger.com/profile/00262725763812594725noreply@blogger.com