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David Bullard plays Air Opinion

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May|6|2007

Following the conversation from Vincent over here.
Nic over there.
And the original article over here.

Summary: David Bullard goes on a rant on how “blog sites” are sardonic, whimsical, pimply diaries held by similary pimply, geeky, sex starved kids.

David, do you have The Internet? It comes in a black box that you get from MWEB. Give me a call then we can help get you off that 56k modem. (Pronounced Mow-dehm).

Firstly, you start off on completely the wrong foot. By even mentioning the words “Blog Sites” we automatically know that you don’t have a clue what you are talking about. It’s that easy.

Then, your vested interests are obvious. You are a columnist at a large magazine and enjoy front page popularity. You are in a very privileged, but threatened position. You command a monopoly on a scarce resource: opinion space in a national newspaper. However, blogging gives voice to a 19 year old who has just as much as you to say and could probably say it much better. He doesn’t have that cigar stuck in his face all the time and can talk much clearer. But I’m getting nasty. There are millions of columnists out there who can do your job just as good. Blogging flattens that hierarchy that currently exists in print media.

You can’t cope with the competition. That’s what it boils down to. Pity, I enjoyed your column and probably will still in the future (although I don’t read it that often as it isn’t in a nice RSS feed), you’ve just lost some points now.

And no, it’s not sad when someone actually reads them, it’s sad when someone comments on something that he doesn’t know anything about. You show your ignorance (arrogance I have no problem with). How about joining the conversation? You have just continued playing air guitar, only now extended it to opinion. You still can’t do if you don’t actually use the tool.

I’m sure the guys at Econtalk.org would love to know what you think. Maybe tell the people at TED as well. Oh, Ars Technica would love to hear it.

Technorati Tags: david bullard, sunday times, blogging, blog sites, opinion, uninformed idiot

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