Comments on: THE FUTURE OF BLOGS (OR HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE WONKETTE) http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2005/05/08/the-future-of-blogs-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-wonkette/ Politics served up with a smile... And a stilletto. Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:50:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Mr. Right http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2005/05/08/the-future-of-blogs-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-wonkette/comment-page-1/#comment-1864 Mr. Right Mon, 09 May 2005 17:34:05 +0000 http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2005/05/08/the-future-of-blogs-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-wonkette/#comment-1864 MANUAL TRACKBACK: http://intherightplace.blogspot.com/2005/05/blogging-for-msm-dummies.html MANUAL TRACKBACK:

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]]> By: NIF http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2005/05/08/the-future-of-blogs-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-wonkette/comment-page-1/#comment-1863 NIF Mon, 09 May 2005 14:40:15 +0000 http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2005/05/08/the-future-of-blogs-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-wonkette/#comment-1863 <strong>Sultan of The Alliance of Atomic Fusion</strong> Today's dose of NIF - News, Interesting & Funny ... I definitely have a case of the Mondays Sultan of The Alliance of Atomic Fusion
Today’s dose of NIF - News, Interesting & Funny … I definitely have a case of the Mondays

]]> By: Scott S. http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2005/05/08/the-future-of-blogs-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-wonkette/comment-page-1/#comment-1854 Scott S. Mon, 09 May 2005 02:34:41 +0000 http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2005/05/08/the-future-of-blogs-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-wonkette/#comment-1854 I went to a conference on Enterprise Content Management hosted by a canadian firm called Open Text. They are employing blogging technologies to replace email in corporations. They claim a 30% reduction in email as a result. While their product is enterprise content systems, and blogging is just a part of it, Tom Jenkins, CEO, says email management is hot now. What were their revenues in 2004, $400 million. I do not work for the firm. I swear. I think a lot of excitement over blogs is not through their use as news sources, but how the technology, how the software can be applied to other functions, such as e-mail/ content management. I went to a conference on Enterprise Content Management hosted by a canadian firm called Open Text. They are employing blogging technologies to replace email in corporations. They claim a 30% reduction in email as a result. While their product is enterprise content systems, and blogging is just a part of it, Tom Jenkins, CEO, says email management is hot now. What were their revenues in 2004, $400 million. I do not work for the firm. I swear. I think a lot of excitement over blogs is not through their use as news sources, but how the technology, how the software can be applied to other functions, such as e-mail/ content management.

]]> By: Swing State Project http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2005/05/08/the-future-of-blogs-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-wonkette/comment-page-1/#comment-1847 Swing State Project Sun, 08 May 2005 22:22:07 +0000 http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2005/05/08/the-future-of-blogs-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-wonkette/#comment-1847 <strong>FU-NYT: Adam Cohen Fact Checked</strong> I wrote about Adam Cohen earlier today. Big day for Adam, seldom is one person discredited at by so many people so thoroughly. Here is my letter to the editor: Dear Editor, Does the New York Times keep Adam Cohen on staff for the sole purpose of ensuri... FU-NYT: Adam Cohen Fact Checked
I wrote about Adam Cohen earlier today. Big day for Adam, seldom is one person discredited at by so many people so thoroughly. Here is my letter to the editor: Dear Editor, Does the New York Times keep Adam Cohen on staff for the sole purpose of ensuri…

]]> By: Swing State Project http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2005/05/08/the-future-of-blogs-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-wonkette/comment-page-1/#comment-1846 Swing State Project Sun, 08 May 2005 22:15:39 +0000 http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2005/05/08/the-future-of-blogs-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-wonkette/#comment-1846 <strong>FU-NYT: Adam Cohen Fact Checked</strong> I wrote about Adam Cohen earlier today. Big day for Adam, seldom is one person discredited at by so many people so thoroughly. Here is my letter to the editor: Dear Editor, Does the New York Times keep Adam Cohen on staff for the sole purpose of ensuri... FU-NYT: Adam Cohen Fact Checked
I wrote about Adam Cohen earlier today. Big day for Adam, seldom is one person discredited at by so many people so thoroughly. Here is my letter to the editor: Dear Editor, Does the New York Times keep Adam Cohen on staff for the sole purpose of ensuri…

]]> By: Van Helsing http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2005/05/08/the-future-of-blogs-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-wonkette/comment-page-1/#comment-1845 Van Helsing Sun, 08 May 2005 21:50:54 +0000 http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2005/05/08/the-future-of-blogs-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-wonkette/#comment-1845 Amazingly, Cohen is whining that bloggers don't play by the rules that the NY Times is supposed to play by but doesn't. Few blogs have the hubris to try to pass themselves off as reflecting objective reality like the MSM does. Emphasizing the collective intelligence of the blogosphere is an excellent point. The book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0385503865/qid=1115588226/sr=8-1/ref=pd_csp_1/002-3479295-1295247?v=glance&s=books&n=507846" target="_blank">The Wisdom of Crowds</a> by James Surowiecki presents the theory that collectively we are much more intelligent and make much better decisions than we do as individuals. But for the crowd's intellect to be tapped, it is absolutely essential that there be true diversity of opinion. The superiority of the blogosphere over the crumbling MSM is a perfect illustration of Surowiecki's theory. No wonder Cohen is so shrill. His paper's days of controlling public debate and determining what is real by fiat are numbered. Amazingly, Cohen is whining that bloggers don’t play by the rules that the NY Times is supposed to play by but doesn’t. Few blogs have the hubris to try to pass themselves off as reflecting objective reality like the MSM does.

Emphasizing the collective intelligence of the blogosphere is an excellent point. The book The Wisdom of Crowds by James Surowiecki presents the theory that collectively we are much more intelligent and make much better decisions than we do as individuals. But for the crowd’s intellect to be tapped, it is absolutely essential that there be true diversity of opinion. The superiority of the blogosphere over the crumbling MSM is a perfect illustration of Surowiecki’s theory.

No wonder Cohen is so shrill. His paper’s days of controlling public debate and determining what is real by fiat are numbered.

]]> By: The Capitalist http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2005/05/08/the-future-of-blogs-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-wonkette/comment-page-1/#comment-1843 The Capitalist Sun, 08 May 2005 20:40:20 +0000 http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2005/05/08/the-future-of-blogs-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-wonkette/#comment-1843 Another lame attempt to grab some relevance by the MSM. Cohen fails to recognize blogs as the electronic version of the "coffee pot conversation", where citizens meet to discuss the days events. Comments like "did you that idiot, Cohen, yesterday"?, are now online. The difference between blogging and blabbing, which is what Cohen does, is that blogging is a two way dialog. The MSM isn't geared to handle criticism, so they whine when it happens. Another lame attempt to grab some relevance by the MSM. Cohen fails to recognize blogs as the electronic version of the “coffee pot conversation”, where citizens meet to discuss the days events. Comments like “did you that idiot, Cohen, yesterday”?, are now online.

The difference between blogging and blabbing, which is what Cohen does, is that blogging is a two way dialog. The MSM isn’t geared to handle criticism, so they whine when it happens.

]]> By: Bruce Giese http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2005/05/08/the-future-of-blogs-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-wonkette/comment-page-1/#comment-1841 Bruce Giese Sun, 08 May 2005 19:23:12 +0000 http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2005/05/08/the-future-of-blogs-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-wonkette/#comment-1841 I left a more detailed comment over at Muddville, but here's an interesting anectdote. I recall stumbling into the Internet in 1991 and it took a while to realize just how big this thing was. Other people who stumbled into it had the same issue. I recall <i>lots</i> of posts on global Usenet groups offering babysitter services or asking about the local town garbage dump or other ridiculous things. People would stumble into a science newsgroup with 50,000 readers, post some shoddy claim, and be surprised at the plethora of well constructed responses by people with amazing credentials. I see that same thing now with blogs and the MSM. Each MSM member must go through all the phases to reach understanding and acceptance. 1) Surprise: Where the hell did all these people come from so suddenly and why are they all over my case about what I wrote? 2) Denial: These people just don't understand real journalism. This is how we do things. 3) Anger: They took down Dan Rather, John Kerry, etc. and they won't get away with this. I'll go right to their websites and complain! 4) Understanding: [The light bulb goes on, they see the big picture] 5) Acceptance. I left a more detailed comment over at Muddville, but here’s an interesting anectdote.

I recall stumbling into the Internet in 1991 and it took a while to realize just how big this thing was. Other people who stumbled into it had the same issue. I recall lots of posts on global Usenet groups offering babysitter services or asking about the local town garbage dump or other ridiculous things. People would stumble into a science newsgroup with 50,000 readers, post some shoddy claim, and be surprised at the plethora of well constructed responses by people with amazing credentials.

I see that same thing now with blogs and the MSM. Each MSM member must go through all the phases to reach understanding and acceptance.
1) Surprise: Where the hell did all these people come from so suddenly and why are they all over my case about what I wrote?
2) Denial: These people just don’t understand real journalism. This is how we do things.
3) Anger: They took down Dan Rather, John Kerry, etc. and they won’t get away with this. I’ll go right to their websites and complain!
4) Understanding: [The light bulb goes on, they see the big picture]
5) Acceptance.

]]> By: Don Singleton http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2005/05/08/the-future-of-blogs-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-wonkette/comment-page-1/#comment-1840 Don Singleton Sun, 08 May 2005 19:16:54 +0000 http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2005/05/08/the-future-of-blogs-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-wonkette/#comment-1840 Your trackback did not work. My response is at http://donsingleton.blogspot.com/2005/05/questions-about-ethics.html The error I got was Pinging http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2005/05/08/the-future-of-blogs... HTTP/1.1 200 OK Date: Sun, 08 May 2005 19:11:41 GMT Server: Apache Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0 Expires: Mon, 26 Jul 1997 05:00:00 GMT Pragma: no-cache X-Pingback: http://rightwingnuthouse.com/xmlrpc.php X-Powered-By: PHP/4.3.10 Last-Modified: Sun, 08 May 2005 19:11:42 GMT Connection: close Transfer-Encoding: chunked Content-Type: text/html 1000 Your trackback did not work. My response is at http://donsingleton.blogspot.com/2005/05/questions-about-ethics.html

The error I got was Pinging http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2005/05/08/the-future-of-blogs... HTTP/1.1 200 OK Date: Sun, 08 May 2005 19:11:41 GMT Server: Apache Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0 Expires: Mon, 26 Jul 1997 05:00:00 GMT Pragma: no-cache X-Pingback: http://rightwingnuthouse.com/xmlrpc.php X-Powered-By: PHP/4.3.10 Last-Modified: Sun, 08 May 2005 19:11:42 GMT Connection: close Transfer-Encoding: chunked Content-Type: text/html 1000

]]> By: Jeremy http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2005/05/08/the-future-of-blogs-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-wonkette/comment-page-1/#comment-1812 Jeremy Sun, 08 May 2005 18:25:50 +0000 http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2005/05/08/the-future-of-blogs-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-wonkette/#comment-1812 1. Why is there no link to the BNN article on this? What? You didn't submit it? 2. B L O G G E R S A R E N O T J O U R N A L I S T S !!!!!! We are editorial writers, first and foremost. We don't have the same structure as the MSM because we AREN'T the MSM. We are individuals voicing our own opinions. Do they want to sensor our opinions? Is that the plan? 3. I DEMAND a phone call. He wrote this article attacking me and by all rights, including his own, he owes me a telephone call. It should be him calling us, not the other way around. If he's claiming that we're journalists and journalists get a reach-around then by-God I want a reach-around! 4. That was an excellent point about the hive minded truth. 8 million blogs hashing out the truth is a sweet idea. I had never thought about it like that before. 5. I read not this "Wank-ette" of which you speak. She is a journalist that tries to be a blogger, n'est pas? 1. Why is there no link to the BNN article on this? What? You didn’t submit it?

2. B L O G G E R S A R E N O T J O U R N A L I S T S !!!!!! We are editorial writers, first and foremost. We don’t have the same structure as the MSM because we AREN’T the MSM. We are individuals voicing our own opinions. Do they want to sensor our opinions? Is that the plan?

3. I DEMAND a phone call. He wrote this article attacking me and by all rights, including his own, he owes me a telephone call. It should be him calling us, not the other way around. If he’s claiming that we’re journalists and journalists get a reach-around then by-God I want a reach-around!

4. That was an excellent point about the hive minded truth. 8 million blogs hashing out the truth is a sweet idea. I had never thought about it like that before.

5. I read not this “Wank-ette” of which you speak. She is a journalist that tries to be a blogger, n’est pas?

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