In the last few days I’ve had occasion to think about the moral aspects of blogging and social media. I was faced with two moral dilemmas. One regarded a visitor to my site, the other about the content I put on Fog of Eternity myself. They led to questions about privacy, independence, trust and fair-use.
Taken [...]
Blogging is a way for us to have our voice heard. It’s how we broadcast our thoughts to the world at large. We develop an audience. We widen the conversation. It allows for a greater variety of discussion. We give our unique viewpoints on…um…what everyone else is talking about.
Social networking exacerbates the problem. It creates [...]
Tuesday saw the famed ‘Download Day’ as Firefox 3 was released. They racked up 8.3 million downloads despite server problems and rumours of a security loophole. Great press coverage, a success all round. And a big chunk of the success was taken up with a “yah, boo, sucks to Internet Explorer” approach.
Which seems to be [...]
A blogger starts writing because of a desire to make money or through enjoyment and interest in the subject. But most of us share a limitation, we’re not independently wealthy. Unless we get great success and thousands upon thousands of visitors on a regular basis, we’re never going to make a living by blogging.
For me, [...]
I’ve been writing the Traffic Growth series for ten weeks now. The first question was “How much traffic can I get through viral methods?”. The answer to that is “a lot more than before”. I’ve demonstrated that it doesn’t take a huge amount of work. I’ve shown that actively socially networking, and providing decent content, [...]
There’s been a lot of discussion in the blogosphere about the fragmentation of conversation. It was a topic that came up a lot last week. I’m not going to judge whether that fragmentation is a good or a bad thing, but it does exist. It means it’s easier to miss out on the conversation. So [...]
