Who decides what’s worthy of your attention  a Web 2.0 application, a newspaper columnist, a talk show host, an editorial staff, an influential blogger, a community of thousands, a community of millions?
Well, I'd say the answer to all of these questions is...yes! It just depends on the situation you're in.
Thinking about the gatekeeper-issue makes me wonder where an A-list-blogger with millions (or so) readers differ exactly from "old" mass-media. I'd rather say that in mass-media there are always a few people deciding on what is published, whereas on blogs it is usualy only a single person.
The one important question is: whom do i trust? And how did this person or company earn my trust? I think blogging became such a huge success because there are no gatekeepers. Everyone is keeping his own gate, so to speak, and it only matters how interesting the world behind the respective gate is.
Well, please excuse my poor english...I hope you understand what I tried to say.
Scott Karp
· 3 years ago
Karsten, I think you hit the nail on the head -- it's all about trust. We choose media brands (blogs included, of course) to be our gatekeepers because we feel we can trust them. The citizen journalism phenomenon has provoked critical questions about how much we can trust Old Media gatekeepers, but the same questions will also apply to New Media. Can we be our own gatekeepers -- will we be able to filter out the trustworthy from the suspect?
(And your English is fantastic -- if you didn't mention it, I wouldn't have noticed.)
Kenny
· 3 years ago
Karsten, This is an interesting statement. "Everyone is keeping his own gate, so to speak, and it only matters how interesting the world behind the respective gate is." In my own experience I find this to be very true. I filter much of the news I read on my own. I read what is interesting to me. This creates an interesting dilemma. Eventually you may have a "blogosphere" of hype news. Similar to what some mass media is now.
Mathew Ingram
· 3 years ago
Scott:
Just wanted to let you know that I linked to your post -- but not just because you mentioned me after using the term "great bloggers" :-) And incidentally, your post got you back as a key link on memorandum.
Anyway, I think the questions you're asking are good ones -- for more of my thoughts, see the post I just put up at my blog.
Mathew
Alexander
· 3 years ago
Kenny said: nn
Eventually you may have a “blogosphere†of hype news.
nn
I'd say that's already the case. How often do blog posts offer real reflection? How often are they properly researched or utilize real, extended, quotes to build their case (obviously I'm not talking about Scott's post)?
There will always be a place for a skilled editor/publisher to collect and revise the best articles and present them to readers under a single brand. That brand can build a relationship with its readers over time by offering a broad selection of consistently high quality content. No blogger can post meaningfully on a daily basis but by working under a federation with professional oversight a blogger can improve the content of what they do post.
The value add that an editor brings is something that no reader can - the ability to drive an author to create better pieces on more important topics than whatever the hype machine is pumping that morning.
It has the distinction of being cited by, and then denounced, from folks on both sides of the fence on this.
Dave Winer
· 3 years ago
Like everyone, including me, you look at the world from a point of view. Why am I not getting linked to? To me, why you aren't getting linked to isn't nearly as interesting as my main preoccupation, namely, Why am I not getting linked to? We all want more attention, fine, but what's the point of getting attention? See how "meta" this discussion is getting? We're now discussing about discussing about discussing, I get dizzy there are so many levels to it. Basically it's just not that interesting. And that's why I am not linking to this, because my criteria for a link on my blog is whether or not an informed person would want to be aware of this. You're not off my radar, and I didn't take offense. You read too much into what I wrote. I suppose that's natural too, everyone does it. Doesn't make it right. Adios for now.
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Well, I'd say the answer to all of these questions is...yes! It just depends on the situation you're in.
Thinking about the gatekeeper-issue makes me wonder where an A-list-blogger with millions (or so) readers differ exactly from "old" mass-media. I'd rather say that in mass-media there are always a few people deciding on what is published, whereas on blogs it is usualy only a single person.
The one important question is: whom do i trust? And how did this person or company earn my trust? I think blogging became such a huge success because there are no gatekeepers. Everyone is keeping his own gate, so to speak, and it only matters how interesting the world behind the respective gate is.
Well, please excuse my poor english...I hope you understand what I tried to say.
(And your English is fantastic -- if you didn't mention it, I wouldn't have noticed.)
Just wanted to let you know that I linked to your post -- but not just because you mentioned me after using the term "great bloggers" :-) And incidentally, your post got you back as a key link on memorandum.
Anyway, I think the questions you're asking are good ones -- for more of my thoughts, see the post I just put up at my blog.
Mathew
I'd say that's already the case. How often do blog posts offer real reflection? How often are they properly researched or utilize real, extended, quotes to build their case (obviously I'm not talking about Scott's post)?
There will always be a place for a skilled editor/publisher to collect and revise the best articles and present them to readers under a single brand. That brand can build a relationship with its readers over time by offering a broad selection of consistently high quality content. No blogger can post meaningfully on a daily basis but by working under a federation with professional oversight a blogger can improve the content of what they do post.
The value add that an editor brings is something that no reader can - the ability to drive an author to create better pieces on more important topics than whatever the hype machine is pumping that morning.
It has the distinction of being cited by, and then denounced, from folks on both sides of the fence on this.
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