Blogging The Bloggee
So it appears that Scoble and Shel Israel (who both have their own excellent blogs), want to do an entire transparent book about blogs, entitled The Red Couch (which could be the Worst Title Ever) in an MSN Spaces blog.
And what's really freaky is that based on the restrictions you put on yourself when using MSN. What are they? Well...
MSN Spaces forces new users to grant Microsoft permission to "use, copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit, modify, translate and reformat" their blog postings.
In other words, you won't find me a mile near that place (though ironically I'm linking it extensively here). Who wants to be conformed to a profanity-deficient environment and risk MSN stealing your writings for a book, a novel, a play, and making cash off of it? I can see a talented blogger, and yes there is such a thing, getting their work stolen and lucky to get credit at all.
Of course, the lead designer just can't wait to get his mother, brother, and entire family throwing down their opinions for everyone to read. If there's one true thing involving blogging, opinions are given out like peppermint candy at a christmas parade. Sometimes you'll get more than you expected, other times the ones you get are broken or simply lost in the crowd.
However, at the end of the day, I think that MSN Spaces is the AOL of blogging tools (don't get me started on the fact that blogging has quickly become a buzzword for The Older Generation and you'll begin to see some of the most meaningless text ever thrown down from keyboard to monitor coming to an MSN Spaces site near you), and will produce a mass amount of bullshit to link to your friends and family. It won't be long before you'll have to put up with goofy names, censored titles and comments, and general drivel that you'll wish you didn't waste your time to read.
For every WWDN, there are a hundred LiveJournals full of angst-ridden and self-hating teenagers looking for an outlet for their frustration. MSN Spaces is just the geriatric version.
And what's really freaky is that based on the restrictions you put on yourself when using MSN. What are they? Well...
MSN Spaces forces new users to grant Microsoft permission to "use, copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit, modify, translate and reformat" their blog postings.
In other words, you won't find me a mile near that place (though ironically I'm linking it extensively here). Who wants to be conformed to a profanity-deficient environment and risk MSN stealing your writings for a book, a novel, a play, and making cash off of it? I can see a talented blogger, and yes there is such a thing, getting their work stolen and lucky to get credit at all.
Of course, the lead designer just can't wait to get his mother, brother, and entire family throwing down their opinions for everyone to read. If there's one true thing involving blogging, opinions are given out like peppermint candy at a christmas parade. Sometimes you'll get more than you expected, other times the ones you get are broken or simply lost in the crowd.
However, at the end of the day, I think that MSN Spaces is the AOL of blogging tools (don't get me started on the fact that blogging has quickly become a buzzword for The Older Generation and you'll begin to see some of the most meaningless text ever thrown down from keyboard to monitor coming to an MSN Spaces site near you), and will produce a mass amount of bullshit to link to your friends and family. It won't be long before you'll have to put up with goofy names, censored titles and comments, and general drivel that you'll wish you didn't waste your time to read.
For every WWDN, there are a hundred LiveJournals full of angst-ridden and self-hating teenagers looking for an outlet for their frustration. MSN Spaces is just the geriatric version.
2 Comments:
Evan,
Thanks for the kind words. I never thought I'd visit Tennesee. I agree with your comments on MSN Spaces as well as on the name The Red Couch. But on this latter issue, where were you when I was arguing against it and got shouted down my my partner's 19 godzillian fans? Ah well, it's nice to have a partner with so many fans, even if they all end up hating me.
I'm glad you at least took a stand against it. I'm afraid to say I haven't read your blog as long as I would've liked, but I'm a definite reader/responder now.
While Scoble has his fans (and frankly I'm one of them), I won't hestitate to disagree/point out things that are wrong or goofy. It's a good blog-responder's job ;)
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