I'm a bit late to this discussion, but here are my two cents.
Dee Rambeau ended his blogging adventure with a well thought-out and well written missive about the cons of the blogging world. I won't debate Dee on this issue, Allan Jenkins has already done a great job of this.
One of Dee's comments on Allan's post says:
I think if you read some of the students' comments, you'll find that they were aching for a contrary opinion. The koolaid was getting a little too sweet!Let me tell everybody a dirty secret here. Most of the blogs you read are written by people that blog. In fact I would venture to say that 99.999% of blogs are written by people that blog :-) It is a bit of an echo chamber out there.
If you want to find a true debate about the issue (or any issue) for that matter you need to talk with both sides. In the blogosphere though, it's usually one side doing most of the talking.
I agree with some of Dee's points and always whole-hearted say, blogging is not for everyone, and dealing with many corporate clients tells me it's not right for many corporations. Would it be a benefit, perhaps, but going back to a post a wrote before, it's more of a culture shift than a communication tool.
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I enjoyed reading your post because I am one of the students who read Dee's post and commented on it. Like Dee said in a post to Allan, I have been looking for both sides of the discussion. I found Dee's post so interesting because it was one of the first I had seen that talked negatively about blogging. While I did like his post, I've also been curious to see how people would respond to his thoughts.
I like how you pointed out that most of the comments made about Dee's post were made by bloggers. Of course the people who take the time to blog are going to think it's important. This doesn't allow for an un-bias opinion. Like you said, the only way to have a true debate is to go outside of the blogosphere. Where do you suggest looking for a fair debate?
At the end of the day, I think everyone will have their own opinions about blogging. There is no true right or wrong answer. The blogosphere works for some, but not for others. Like you said, "It's more of a culture shift than a communication tool." If you look at it this way, I think it becomes easier to accept and adapt to.
Posted by: Lauren N. | March 3, 2007 7:29 PM
Lauren, you're right as Josh is about debate outside the noise of the self-serving blogosphere. Problem is...the debate isn't interesting to those that don't believe in Candy Mountain. I point you to a Seth Godin post and to the Candy Mountain YouTube that I posted on Marcom...both true and truly funny.
Posted by: Dee Rambeau | March 5, 2007 12:02 AM