tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5122868.post6580821918177628734..comments2023-12-25T21:11:52.209-05:00Comments on Lead and Gold: Why do journalists love twitter and hate blogging?craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04406916480207918404noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5122868.post-24357945830422372232015-01-19T18:19:45.001-05:002015-01-19T18:19:45.001-05:00Blogger, for professional journalists, has the dow...Blogger, for professional journalists, has the downside that it was designed for interaction with the reader. It must be demoralizing to write a thoughtful, reasoned piece, then to have commenters destroy it within minutes of criticism. This isn't what used to happen in journalism - the comments previously had to go through an editor (AFTER being written on paper, and sent through the mail). As a result, reporters experienced little blowback, regardless of the inadequacy of their work.<br /><br />In contrast, Twitter is a little like those offhand remarks we all make in passing. Takes little time, generally not long-lasting in impact, and favors the facile, snide bon mot.<br /><br />AND, a whole lot easier than actual writing.Linda Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15024201252345608291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5122868.post-52186503296660815892011-10-05T23:21:35.332-04:002011-10-05T23:21:35.332-04:00You were added to my blogroll.You were added to my blogroll.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17046585133941253849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5122868.post-57717245698533427562011-09-22T00:45:52.319-04:002011-09-22T00:45:52.319-04:00Good blog - I've bookmarked you and will spend...Good blog - I've bookmarked you and will spend some time looking through.<br /><br />Are journalists who love twitter real journalists, or are they sloganists who are more concerned with the size of their audience than the intrinsic value of their work? Is Twitter really much different than the old scrolling java chats?<br /><br />I've written <a href="http://pecancorner.blogspot.com/2011/07/evolution-of-internet-media-one-of.html" rel="nofollow">about the evolution of internet media</a>, and how supposed "new technologies"...aren't. On the internet just putting up a new html fence seems to set the world abuzzing. <br /><br />Blogging isn't going anywhere, and neither is amateur journalism. Before blogs, it was mimeographed newsletters. Before those it was letters to the editor. Before that it was teens with toy printing presses in the AAPA. <br /><br />All that will happen is the brand names of the tools will change, and different writers gain high profiles. <br /><br />I will admit I would like to have a little tool to better display brief posts or quotes, but twitter isn't it. And at heart I am a long-form writer. Heck I've written 250 word sentences. <br /><br />I'm a hobby blogger, but my little blog puts my unique PoV out there. And I continually run into more great blogs than I have time to read!Tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06049681622118832305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5122868.post-70781988958738348002011-09-22T00:20:10.501-04:002011-09-22T00:20:10.501-04:00I have Twitter account and its really helpful to m...I have Twitter account and its really helpful to me to increase my business. The real news was the tyranny of time constraints and lack of space to break the bag away.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.tdcnet.ca" rel="nofollow">Toronto IT Services</a>niltysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13425796023590477127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5122868.post-56443992359609520162011-09-21T21:22:24.182-04:002011-09-21T21:22:24.182-04:00Because "journalists" are holding dearly...Because "journalists" are holding dearly to the idea and image of being more than mere citizens, that of some celebrity. They are granted this image by MSM and the game of Politics itself, via connections and access, exclusive things. Twitter perpetuates celebrity very well, because Twitter, like MSM, is essentially one-way transmission of information: it's a broadcast. It is funny that Kurtz-and I don't know Kurtz from Joe the Plumber--should say Twitter is where the "conversation" is, because there are exactly zero conversations on Twitter, and you can check that stat back to day one. At most there is an exchange or two. Is that what passes for intercourse?Johnnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06706986987802174665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5122868.post-57499241546996980652011-09-21T19:18:36.469-04:002011-09-21T19:18:36.469-04:00Twitter is a distribution channel for journalists ...Twitter is a distribution channel for journalists and blogging is mostly unpaid content?KAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12757193337906082576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5122868.post-35697277937496392582011-09-21T17:12:59.800-04:002011-09-21T17:12:59.800-04:00Blue star:
Yes, i'm pretty pessimistic about ...Blue star:<br /><br />Yes, i'm pretty pessimistic about the blogging's potential right now. Readership is not growing (thanks partly to Facebook and Twitter). The bloggers linked in this post:<br />http://leadandgold.blogspot.com/2011/07/future-of-blogging.html<br />explain it in some detail.craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04406916480207918404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5122868.post-41944131533388925672011-09-21T16:31:46.041-04:002011-09-21T16:31:46.041-04:00I have a Twitter account, but I've only sent o...I have a Twitter account, but I've only sent out maybe three tweets in the six months I've had it. I just don't need to indulge my vanity in that way. In fact, I mostly just use it to keep up on blogs.<br /><br />Also, you wrote, "Blogging had the potential to break the power of the MSM guild." Had?blue starhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09852997084398167790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5122868.post-82920773489921658202011-09-21T14:30:10.083-04:002011-09-21T14:30:10.083-04:00I love blogging and hate Twitter, but that's m...I love blogging and hate Twitter, but that's mainly because I don't understand the culture of it or what the various symbols mean. There also seems to an expectation that you need to update your account more frequently than with a blog.Serkethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03913278144941650243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5122868.post-83619182027353132852011-09-21T13:30:02.953-04:002011-09-21T13:30:02.953-04:00I am not sure I agree with your premise that Twitt...I am not sure I agree with your premise that Twitter consolidates establishment power. Blogging takes work, thought. Twitter doesn't. Twitter is also readily consumed like a cupcake. Reading blogs is preparing and eating, and cleaning up after dinner. <br /><br />Much easier for establishment to get followers, but they tend to use Twitter as a megaphone. <br /><br />Get where you are going, but not sure I am with you.www.pointsandfigures.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05266351192714997692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5122868.post-84634842732727180692011-09-21T12:12:15.425-04:002011-09-21T12:12:15.425-04:00Not sure if you've been following any of the D...Not sure if you've been following any of the Daily Caller kerfluffle over their Tyson inspired hit piece of Sarah Palin, but one of their writers, Sean Medlock, who writes under the pen name Jim Treacher, has been frequenting many of the blogs that have been discussing this incident. His 'contributions' such as they are have been attempts to deny, or otherwise mitigate the damage to Daily Caller. <br /><br />What I find intersting, and relevant to your essay, is that the vast majority of his comments, accross multiple blogs, have essentially taken the form of tweets. Numerous times other participants have attempted to draw him into offering some more complete thoughts or actual arguments, but unfailingly he has restricted himself to very brief quips and one liners.<br /><br />Clearly it is intentional. You touch on some likely reasons. I suspect another is that it is a mechanism for limiting their exposure. The less said, the less there is to explain, and less that one must remain consistent with. Those free standing quips are often very context limited, leaving the author free to re-contextualize them as desired.<br /><br />It's not just a lazy method of discourse, it is also often deeply dishonest.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5122868.post-72339588455987813612011-09-21T11:31:59.966-04:002011-09-21T11:31:59.966-04:00This is more or less why I never got into Twitter....This is more or less why I never got into Twitter. It seems mostly to be a PR tool. It's a way for famous people to interact with other famous people and journalists. But hey, if your one tweet in a million catches the eye of your betters, you could receive a retweet! Of course, this is based on the amusement or aggravation of the more accomplished personage, and it's unlikely that many of your eyeballs are going to become long term followers because your Twitter feed is mostly sandwich blogging to your friends.<br /><br />The original vision of Twitter (microblogging via texts) has been mostly obviated by smartphones, and the current iteration is tawdry and useless unless you're selling something or enraptured by the thought that celebrities are humans.The Ghosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06770058515816438378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5122868.post-79504980217268708502011-09-21T11:31:52.285-04:002011-09-21T11:31:52.285-04:00The answer is simple, Twitter is GARBAGE. Bloggin...The answer is simple, Twitter is GARBAGE. Blogging takes thought and an expression of ideas which can be challenged or affirmed. <br /><br />Journalists really aren't that well informed or choose to ignore much of the FACTS that reject their purile liberal opinions.crypticguisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10413436405735088223noreply@blogger.com