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Its a nice thought, and I feel where he's coming from, but it feels like one of those rants thats a bit in denial about human nature.
by ashot 17y ago
Its a nice thought, and I feel where he's coming from, but it feels like one of those rants thats a bit in denial about human nature.
- bbgm 17y agoGiven that the rant comes from Merlin, it's likely that he has his tongue somewhere in his cheek Edit added later: After hearing the podcast, he might just be sincere about this. Somewhat weird to see Merlin's cynicism not laced with a healthy dose of sarcasm.
- gabrielroth 17y agoMy sense is that he's completely sincere about the whole thing. He amplified the opinions expressed here in this talk with John Gruber: http://www.43folders.com/2009/03/25/blogs-turbocharged http://www.43folders.com/2009/03/25/blogs-turbocharged
- tdavis 17y agoWhy wouldn't he be serious? As more and more people spew forth garbage onto the Internet, we just end up wasting more and more of each others' time. For god sakes, look at Twitter! Maybe there's some useful information in there sometimes, but for the most part it is pure noise -- and look how it's taking off! It's as if people would rather waste time both creating and consuming fluff than to spend the time to create and consume content that is actually worth something.
- jfornear 17y agoYou don't think social interaction is worth something?
- tdavis 17y agoBroadcasting something to an undefined group of people doesn't really count as social interaction in my book. Even if it did, I'd consider it a pretty lazy and meaningless method thereof.
- jfornear 17y agoYour characterization of online social interaction is plain wrong. You can't assume everyone else approaches Twitter or Facebook the same way you might. People learn from each other online, argue with each other, start relationships, start/run businesses, share photos and videos, etc. I have no idea how you can overlook all the positive things to promote such a negative view.