I think it's more like installing listening posts in every pub than it is like reading letters to the editor. The web is a public space, yes, but unless I'm spe

I think it's more like installing listening posts in every pub than it is like reading letters to the editor. The web is a public space, yes, but unless I'm specifically attaching my identity to my statements then they are casual interactions and not "published" in the way a letter to the editor is. I think we can and should differentiate between what we say in casual conversation and way we state as a declaration of our public opinion to which we purposefully attach our name.