Comments on: But Is The Blogosophere Self-Regulating? Don’t Delude Yourself

By: Tony

Tony — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 03:55:19 +0000

True say, Jim … true say.
Sadly, most people will act only in their best interests, and its naive to think otherwise in most cases.

Thanks for popping on by!
t@ dji

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 00:28:05 +0000

Tony:

Nicely done. It is always nice to think people can be self regulating. However, the fact is we are selfish and self-motivated. We operate based on what will best meet our needs and interests. It’s fact, people will regulate if they think there is a consequence to their actions otherwise forget it. Ex: Stats are 50% of people don’t wash their hands after using the bathroom, but I bet it would be 100% if an alarm alerted the whole restaurant they didn’t. If self regulating is in someone’s interest then yes they will if not, forget about it. It’s too bad, but true.

By: Tony

Tony — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 05:26:35 +0000

Thanks for the kind words franky — its a bit naive to think that the blogosphere is self policing, and that any blogger at the drop of a hat has an equal voice.

Sure, the potential for that exists — but without a network of existing contacts, or the ability to leverage existing popularity/ celebrity [or even having that popularity], it takes time.

And in some cases, it takes such a long time that parity effectively doesn’t exist.

By: franky

franky — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 00:33:48 +0000

I don’t like this kind of stereotype comment, but this truly is a great post.
Blogging popularity is a herd event. And surely subject to the avalanche effect. But this just shows us how much real life the internet has become.