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Given 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
by bbgm 18y ago
Given 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 18y 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 18y 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 18y agoYou don't think social interaction is worth something?
- tdavis 18y 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 18y 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.