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Early 2008
Early 2008
It is too easy to post your own, often ill-informed, opinion.
Blogs and Fora (forums) are designed so that comments and replies can be made to existing posts in a quick and easy manner. This presents a problem in itself as it is largely un-controlled.
TF has fallen foul of this himself. Often participation in a Web forum has deteriorated into discussion about issues that matters that had nothing to do with the orignal posting.
Do not misunderstand - TF is not saying that some of the technologies of the "New Web" are all a bad thing - just that the technology seems to be being misused in a lot of cases.
He has even mused on the return to simpler times with Web Minus One.
The use of techniques such as AJAX and "mash ups" show a great potential - but they have a long way to go. Most users are unaware of such technologies (and so they should as it should be transparent to the user). Having said that, it should work seamlessly or they will be aware of its short comings.
Much of what TF has concluded seems to be echoed in Andrew Keen's - The Cult of the Amateur
Tempusfugit uses a blog to stimulate discussion on topics. Often this stimulation can only work if a question or a inflamatory statement is made. That way the anonymous visitor will be prompted into comment - sometimes visitors are brave enough to use a name and can be contacted!
More on this subject will be posted soon. Blog comments that do not add anything to the topic in question will be removed and maybe the original posting modified to change the target of the issue that it being discussed. When a speculation is made and obviously not recognised it is often edited so that "know it all" respondants can't just post a comment saying that my post is incorrect! (example here)
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