tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post5681282400270218651..comments2024-03-14T13:06:38.883+00:00Comments on cultural snow: Broken spectaclesTim Fhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14681067872556519250noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-80050654536664082642007-02-27T22:06:00.000+00:002007-02-27T22:06:00.000+00:00Geert needed a line from Bulwer-Lytton fired acros...Geert needed a line from Bulwer-Lytton fired across his bow.FirstNationshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13387748372500478809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-76737021924280466222007-02-26T22:23:00.000+00:002007-02-26T22:23:00.000+00:00I'm getting a little wearied of the "bloggers are ...I'm getting a little wearied of the "bloggers are boring, pitiful schmoes to whom no one is listening" meme. It's patently untrue. I prefer to think about what it says about our essential love of and fascination with humanity that we care enough to pore over the thoughts, lives, and literature of strangers of whom we can only be certain that we share a species.<BR/><BR/>call me Pollyanna.Valeriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04709591182852463705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-87463381294292244712007-02-26T16:02:00.000+00:002007-02-26T16:02:00.000+00:00To Spin's point, I noticed today that Charlie Broo...To Spin's point, I noticed today that Charlie Brooker has atoned somewhat for his earlier <A HREF="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,1809647,00.html" REL="nofollow">slagging off of blogs</A>, and now apparently <A HREF="http://media.guardian.co.uk/presspublishing/comment/0,,2021466,00.html" REL="nofollow">reads them all the time</A>. Well, he reads one. And hates it. And it isn't a proper blog anyway. <BR/><BR/>Wait, what was my point again?patroclushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01933476561340044351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-6528420352432762212007-02-26T15:46:00.000+00:002007-02-26T15:46:00.000+00:00You won't believe this Billy, but they've got a fa...You won't believe this Billy, but they've got a fairly rigorous filtering process. Many people have complained that it's too brutal, in fact.<BR/><BR/>So just try to imagine how unpleasant the ones that get removed must be...Tim Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14681067872556519250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-59867915100459125122007-02-26T13:48:00.000+00:002007-02-26T13:48:00.000+00:00I wonder if CiF will in the future, adopt some kin...I wonder if CiF will in the future, adopt some kind of moderation of comments like everyone else does.<BR/><BR/>It would lose something but at least there wouldn't be quite as many loons.Billyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17841187654606981532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-80706351951033783292007-02-25T21:28:00.000+00:002007-02-25T21:28:00.000+00:00Why is it that media commentators, when writing ab...Why is it that media commentators, when writing about blogs, appear to have only read, at most, three, ever?Spinsterellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08611660308963083276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-69604724456979493102007-02-25T17:34:00.000+00:002007-02-25T17:34:00.000+00:00Well it is amazing how fast bloggers adjust their ...Well it is amazing how fast bloggers adjust their perspective when they get hired by mainstream publications.Dick Headleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11978203284842718331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-47304784998260182052007-02-25T07:07:00.000+00:002007-02-25T07:07:00.000+00:00So typical of Toynbee and her ilk ... they always ...So typical of Toynbee and her ilk ... they always know what is good for us.<BR/>Pathetic, and <EM>so</EM> Guardian ... they really do think they have a finger on the pulse, when they really kicking a dead horse ... to recklessly mix metaphors.St. Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05539878989031969603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-27469153061157954032007-02-25T00:54:00.000+00:002007-02-25T00:54:00.000+00:00FN: Please excuse me, I've just woken up, but wtf?...FN: Please excuse me, I've just woken up, but wtf?Tim Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14681067872556519250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-6090643722526041642007-02-25T00:53:00.000+00:002007-02-25T00:53:00.000+00:00Haven't the foggiest. I think the reference to 'sp...Haven't the foggiest. I think the reference to 'spectacle' suggests that Lovink sees himself in the tradition of the Situationists, as I did when I was about 19. But it's the last sentence that gets me (if I understand it). Why should "complaining and arguing" be distinct from being a "media observer"? And is there anything wrong with the latter.<BR/><BR/>And as for the cervical wotnot, I think it begs questions about some hacks' USBs.Tim Fhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14681067872556519250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-46919709692931790042007-02-25T00:52:00.000+00:002007-02-25T00:52:00.000+00:00HO, Diomed, well met! Do you sup with Glaucus to-n...HO, Diomed, well met! Do you sup with Glaucus to-night?FirstNationshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13387748372500478809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-13283627449083996732007-02-24T20:04:00.000+00:002007-02-24T20:04:00.000+00:00AndPeople are getting bored with the given formats...And<BR/><I>People are getting bored with the given formats; they don't catch up with the news anymore, it no longer sticks to their cervical memory stick.</I>. <BR/><BR/>What can it mean? And do they sell them in Dixons?Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15941917503687179585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-64556655559940782992007-02-24T19:52:00.000+00:002007-02-24T19:52:00.000+00:00I'm all for perverse pleasure, me.I'm all for perverse pleasure, me.Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15941917503687179585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18775356.post-76232620438952694562007-02-24T18:11:00.000+00:002007-02-24T18:11:00.000+00:00Polly Toynbee seems to think that CiF is represent...Polly Toynbee seems to think that CiF is representative of the blogosphere as a whole. A lot of Guardian journalists seem to think that CiF is the same as blogging, the poor deluded creatures.<BR/><BR/>Also, this whole thing about how people are 'shouting louder' because they can use blogs as soapboxes. No one is shouting any louder than before, it's just that Polly and her ilk can now <I>hear us</I>. <BR/><BR/>I've read that Geert Lovink article before, and I didn't understand a word of it then, either. It may well be that I am too simple to understand, in which case, Tim, it would be nice if you could translate for us. <BR/><BR/>I personally am not conscious of blogging being a 'strategy' of any sort; it's more like a nice hobby. And as for the notion of bloggers as 'media observers', well some of us may observe the media from time to time, but I wouldn't say it's what most of us have as a <I>raison d'etre</I>. <BR/><BR/>Plus: anyone who thinks blogging isn't a spectacle obviously hasn't spent a lot of time <I>chez</I> Girl With A One-Track Mind.<BR/><BR/>In conclusion: some journalists are a bit up their own arse as regards their own conception of their own importance. But in the spirit of fairness, you could probably say the same thing about some bloggers.patroclushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01933476561340044351noreply@blogger.com